Sparta Police are searching for a man they believe was involved in a stabbing on Saturday night.
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The stabbing happened on Hill Street just after 10 p.m. Saturday. A 27-year-old Jorge Rodriguez Mendez was stabbed multiple times.
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He was taken to a local hospital for non-life threatening injuries.
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Police are looking for 22-year-old Christian Sanchez. He had been living in Sparta and may have injuries from the incident.
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"We're looking at aggravated assault charge, of course the caveat there is that there was a weapon involved so we have the use of a dangerous weapon, and disorderly conduct," says Sparta Police Chief Michael Kass.
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If you have any information on Sanchez, you are asked to call the Sparta Police Department at 608-269-3122.