Suspect arrested in Neillsville stabbing

WOOD COUNTY--Officers from the Neillsville Police Department responded to a stabbing at a home in the 20 block of Grand Avenue in Neillsville at 2:37 p.m. on Dec 7, 2024. The victim of the stabbing, done with a kitchen knife, spoke with officers and was treated for non-life-threatening injuries. Police identified Cedric Riggins as the suspect in the stabbing. Riggins was taken into custody at around 4:30 p.m. the same day without incident. Riggins was booked into the Clark County Jail on charges of substantial battery and disorderly conduct.