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Victim In Santa Rosa Bar Fight Stabbed Repeatedly

SANTA ROSA (CBS SF) -- A man was arrested after allegedly stabbing another man four times at a bar in Santa Rosa Saturday night, police said.

Officers responded to a report of a fight between two patrons at the Wagon Wheel Saloon, located at 3320 Mendocino Ave., at about 9:35 p.m., police said.

An investigation revealed that Donald Lee Mastroianni, 53, of Santa Rosa, was drunk and threw a beer bottle at a female bartender, police said.

Brian Teager, 52, of Santa Rosa, came to the aid of the bartender, and Mastroianni came at him with a knife, stabbing him four times - three in the leg, one in the hand, according to police.

His injuries are not considered life-threatening.

Teager struck Mastroianni with a pool cue before other patrons broke up the fight and detained Mastroianni until officers arrived, police said.

Mastroianni was arrested and booked into jail on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon causing great bodily injury, police said.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call police at (707) 543-3590.

(Copyright 2013 by CBS San Francisco and Bay City News Service. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed)

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