New Bedford Market Basket Threat Ends in Arrest

NEW BEDFORD (WBSM) — A man was arrested Tuesday afternoon after a reported stabbing incident at the New Bedford Market Basket.

New Bedford Police confirmed to WBSM that units responded just before 4:30 p.m. on May 12 to Market Basket on Sawyer Street for a report of a suspected stabbing.

Officers arrived to find a man identified as Jayce Pastrana, 37, had allegedly threatened to stab another individual. Police said the two people did know one another and that no injuries were reported.

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Pastrana was arrested and charged with assault with a dangerous weapon.

A Jayce Pastrana who is the same age also has multiple arrests listed in online searches, including a 2011 assault and battery charge in Taunton, and a charge of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon in Fall River in 2019.