Ex-boyfriend sentenced for stabbing at Brunswick Dollar General store
Arthur Velasquez received 11 to 16.5 years in prison after pleading guilty to stabbing his ex-girlfriend, a Dollar General employee, at the Brunswick store.
Arthur Velasquez was sentenced to 11 to 16.5 years in prison on June 17 after pleading guilty to attempted murder, aggravated burglary and kidnapping in the stabbing of his ex-girlfriend inside a Brunswick Dollar General Market.
The attack happened Monday, March 31, 2025, at the Dollar General Market at 1733 Pearl Road in Brunswick, Ohio. Brunswick Police and Brunswick Hills Police responded just after 8:30 a.m. to a report that an employee had been stabbed, and the victim was hospitalized for her injuries.
Investigators identified the suspect as Arthur Velasquez, 55, of Burton, Ohio. Velasquez was the victim’s ex-boyfriend and contacted police to arrange his surrender before he was arrested without incident. He was booked into the Medina County jail on a first-degree felony charge of attempted murder.
Court records later showed Velasquez’s trial was set to begin on June 15, 2026, in Medina County, but he changed his plea before jury selection. His guilty plea resolved the case days before the scheduled trial date and led to the prison sentence imposed by the judge on June 17.
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