WARWICK, RI – At approximately 8:30 am, Friday, August 27, 2021, members of the Warwick Police Department did respond to an address on Mohawk Avenue in the Oakland Beach neighborhood for the report of a stabbing. Upon arrival, a 60 year-old female victim was located. She sustained multiple stab wounds from an edged weapon. The female victim was transported to Rhode Island Hospital with serious injuries which aren’t considered life threatening.
The suspect was taken into custody at the scene without incident. Derek A Daluz, age 26, of Mohawk Avenue, was charged with one count of domestic assault with a dangerous weapon in a dwelling house and held for arraignment. Daluz and the victim are housemates.