An Oil City man was arrested after stabbing a family member, said Sheriff Steve Prator.

On Wednesday, January 25, at 3:33 p.m. the Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office was called to a residence in the 14000 block of Hwy. 538 in reference to a stabbing. One person was transported to Ochsner’s emergency room for non-life-threatening injuries. While on scene patrol deputies saw the offender, Timothy Humphrey, 30, pass by in a vehicle, and he was detained after a traffic stop.

Sheriff’s Detective Matt Lucky was called to investigate the matter. He learned Humphrey stabbed a family member three times during an altercation. Humphrey was arrested and booked into the Caddo Correctional Center for aggravated battery.