Dayton man gets year in prison for stabbing woman in her apartment

Dayton police were called around 1:45 a.m. May 17 to an apartment in the 2000 block of Catalpa Drive.

Officers arrived to find a woman who was stabbed at least once in her in her left side, according to Dayton Municipal Court records. She was taken to a local hospital for treatment.

The woman’s 12-year-old daughter who witnessed the stabbing told police her mother hit the suspect with a bottle in self-defense, according to municipal court records.

Additional responding officers found Gasana and took him into custody. He had a minor injury to his face that appeared to have been caused by the woman, according to court documents.