FOX 13: Central Florida Man Arrested For Stabbing Another Man Over $2 Debt

By FOX 13 // July 9, 2016

30-year-old Michael Stevenson

WINTER HAVEN, FLORIDA (FOX 13) – A 30 year-old man has been arrested after stabbing another man over a reported $2 debt.

Winter Haven Police say 30-year-old Michael Stevenson approached 36-year-old Odell Kindricks Jr. while walking along 3rd St. N.W. in Winter Haven around 5:20 Friday evening.

According to Kindricks, Stevenson told him that he wanted his $2 back that was owed. When Kindricks argued over the supposed debt, Stevenson stabbed Kindricks in the upper back and ran away.

Police say Kindricks fell to the ground, but immediately got up and ran to his house on Palmetto Ave. N.W. A witness in the area called 911, and emergency personnel responded. Officers circulated the area looking for Stevenson, but couldn’t find him at that time.