Man accused of stabbing in drug dispute says it was 'about principle,' police say

MILLCREEK — A 46-year-old man has been arrested and accused of slashing another man’s neck in a drug dispute.

Joaquin “Chewy” Alvaro Sanchez was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail on Monday for investigation of attempted aggravated murder, aggravated assault, being a restricted person in possession of a weapon and drug possession.

The investigation began about 3 a.m. on Nov. 24 when Unified police were called to Intermountain Medical Center for a stabbing patient. When officers arrived, the victim told them that he was inside an apartment near 4150 S. 300 East when Alvaro “entered the room holding a handgun and a knife, moved behind him, and slashed the left side of his neck. (The victim) sustained a laceration approximately 5 inches in length requiring seven internal and 21 externa