Rogers man faces attempted capital murder charge after allegedly stabbing coworker
ROGERS, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — A Rogers man is accused of stabbing his coworker at a Rogers gas station, according to court documents.
(Courtesy: Benton County Jail)
Samuel Pletcher, 33, was arrested on June 6 on an attempted capital murder charge.
Rogers police responded to a stabbing call at the Kum and Go on West Pleasant Grove Road around 12:30 p.m. on June 6.
A man identified as Pletcher called Rogers Central Dispatch saying he had just stabbed a coworker multiple times in the head and face, according to an affidavit.
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An officer found a woman in a cooler in the back of the gas station holding paper towels over the side of her face and sitting in a pool of blood with a blood-soaked shirt, the document said.
She told officers that she had been cut in the face and believed her jaw was broken.
Pletcher reportedly had a laceration on his right hand below his ring finger and pinky that was bleeding. He was treated by medics on the scene before being taken to the Rogers Police Department.
He was interviewed at the station and said he wished to have an attorney present before admitting “he had ‘stabbed her’ … beyond that, he wished to ‘plead the fifth’,” according to the affidavit.
Detectives searched the scene and found an “X-Acto knife” near the pool of blood, the document said.
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Video surveillance footage from inside the gas station showed the woman being followed by Pletcher into a walk-in cooler holding a knife before running out seconds later.
During a 911 call, Pletcher allegedly admitted to stabbing his coworker “more than once.” When asked if an ambulance was needed, he said “Probably,” according to the affidavit.
Detectives spoke with the woman over the phone on June 7 after learning she had been released from the hospital. She said she and the manager had reprimanded Pletcher for poor work performance a day before the attack.
Pletcher is being held in the Benton County Detention Center on a $1 million bond.
He has a court date set for July 15 and has been ordered to have no contact with the woman.
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