Landscaper stabbed with pitchfork, suspect detained: PD

A fight between two landscapers in Goodyear left one of them hurt, and the other detained, police said.

Goodyear Police say officers responded on Aug. 14 to reports of a fight between two landscapers near Cotton Lane and Lower Buckeye Road.

When officers got to the scene, they found that one of the landscapers had been stabbed with a pitchfork.

The victim was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.

Police say the suspect, 56-year-old Oscar Garnett Jr. of Peoria, was taken into custody.

"Oscar Garnett Jr. will be booked for aggravated assault and an outstanding misdemeanor warrant," the department said.

Map of where the incident happened

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