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Baltimore County Police Arrest Suspect In Stabbing Death In Rossville

ROSSVILLE, Md. (WJZ) -- Police have charged a suspect in the death of a man killed in a stabbing in Baltimore County on Thursday.

Carlos Alexander Chavez-Alvarez, 37, was charged with first-degree murder and is being held without bail at the Baltimore County Detention Center pending a bail review hearing scheduled for Monday.

According to Baltimore County Police, officers responded to the unit block of Capella Court in Fontana Village around 6:32 a.m. for a report of a stabbing.

When officers arrived they found a man lying in the parking lot. He was taken to Franklin Square Hospital where he died.

Officers learned that Chavez-Alvarez confronted the victim, identified as 32-year-old Denys Javie Hernandez-Martinez, over a previous dispute. Chavez-Alvarez cut and stabbed the victim, then fled the scene.

He was arrested by Baltimore County Police Homicide Detectives around 3 p.m. on Thursday.

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