Overview
- Police said Tuesday the victim is in stable condition and recovering after treatment at Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.
- Hospital staff alerted Lower Paxton police around 9:15 a.m. Saturday when the wounded woman arrived in the emergency department.
- Officer Logan Becker encountered 41-year-old Valentino Nortey at the police station, where Nortey admitted to the stabbing, according to an affidavit.
- Officers used a door code Nortey provided to enter the Mayfair Drive residence and recovered a black Home Hero knife in the kitchen sink that appeared washed.
- Nortey is charged with attempted homicide, possession of an instrument of crime, and tampering with evidence, and he is being held at Dauphin County Prison with the hearing assigned to Magisterial District Judge Wendy Grella.