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Pennsylvania State Trooper stabbed multiple times while serving a warrant in Berks Co., officials say

Four police cars blocking the road outside of a home.
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A Pennsylvania State Trooper is recovering after being stabbed by a man while serving a warrant in Berks County on Saturday, officials said.

Two troopers were at a home on the 200 block of Bachmoll Road in Tilden Township just after 8:30 a.m. to serve the warrant to a man in his late twenties, according to officials.

During the interaction, the man allegedly stabbed the trooper multiple times in his leg, police said.

The trooper was taken to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, officials said.

The suspect was taken to a different hospital nearby for evaluation before he was then taken into custody at PSP Hamburg station, officials said.

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