MIDDLETOWN, Ohio —

A man has been taken into custody after stealing a Middletown police cruiser from a stabbing scene early Thursday morning.

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Officials say it all started around 3:50 a.m. in the 4400 block of Bonita Dr. Officers arrived in reference to a stabbing.

Arriving units located a victim, who was transported to the Atrium Medical Center with over 30 stab wounds, officials say. Police say the victim was later transported to Miami Valley Hospital in critical condition.

Police say the suspect, identified as 24-year-old Jonathan Crabtree, fled the scene on foot. An MPD K9 unit attempted to track Crabtree but, in the process, he gained entry into a locked police cruiser through the window, stealing the vehic

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