THREE ARRESTED IN NORTH PORT STABBING

THREE PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH A STABBING IN NORTH PORT.  POLICE SAY THEY FOUND THE 25 YEAR OLD VICTIM WHO HAD BEEN STABBED IN THE LEFT LEG IN THE AREA OF FAY AVENUE AND GROBE STREET JUST BEFORE 5PM ON MONDAY.  THE VICTIM TOLD POLICE THAT THREE PEOPLE KNOWN TO HIM TRIED TO ROB HIM, AND DURING THE STRUGGLE HE WAS STABBED.  THE VICTIM WAS TAKEN TO THE NORTH PORT EMERGENCY ROOM WHERE HE IDENTIFIED HIS ATTACKERS TO DETECTIVES.  HE WAS LATER TAKEN TO SARASOTA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL WHERE HE IS REPORTEDLY IN STABLE CONDITION.  28 YEAR OLD KEVIN MAHONEY, 17 YEAR OLD ANDREW LEMOS, AND 23 YEAR OLD FINESSE LAGLER, ALL OF NORTH PORT WERE ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH ARMED ROBBERY AND ATTEMPTED MURDER.  ALL THREE ARE BEING HELD IN THE SARASOTA COUNTY JAIL.