SPARTA, Wis. — Police arrested a Tomah man leaving a house in a residential area after a stabbing in which another man was critically injured. The victim was taken 30 miles to a LaCrosse hospital for emergency surgery. His name was not released by police immediately. Taken into custody was George Solis, 44. He was booked 17 miles away at the Monroe County jail in Tomah for first-degree attempted homicide and first-degree recklessly endangering safety. The stabbing incident about 4 p.m. in the 600 block of East Main Street in Sparta. Court records an active arrest warrant against Solis for missing an October court hearing in Sparta. He had been due in court on a several charges. These included substantial battery and second-degree recklessly endangering safety.
Solis. Known around Tomah and Sparta for a tatting obsession.