Portland police have arrested a 31-year-old man who was stabbed Tuesday morning after allegedly attacking his girlfriend and then two of her friends who tried to intervene.

Robert James Thomas was taken into custody after he was released from a local hospital where he was being treated for non-life-threatening injuries.

Thomas was booked into the Multnomah County Jail on two counts of 4th degree assault and one count of domestic violence-related harassment. He made bail later on Tuesday.



Here's how the incident allegedly went down, according to Sgt. Pete Simpson, a police bureau spokesman:

Shortly after 6 a.m. on New Years Day, officers were called to a home in the 7500-block of Southeast Ramona Street in Portland's Mt. Scott Arleta neighborhood.

Witnesses said Thomas had tussled with his girlfriend when two of her female friends stepped in. When he allegedly turned on the friends, police said one grabbed a knife to defend herself. She stabbed the man and then the other friend retrieved the knife and stabbed him again.

The entire case will be reviewed by the Multnomah Count District Attorney's Office.

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