Chicago residents arrested after alleged stabbing

Lebria Graham; photo courtesy of Indiana State Police

Two Chicago residents were arrested in Seymour on Tuesday after a stabbing. Sgt. Stephen Wheeles, spokesman for the Indiana State Police Post in Versailles, says that ISP Troopers and Seymour Police were called to the 2100 block of East Tipston Street at approximately 6 a.m. after the stabbing, which occurred on a MegaBus.

Wheeles says that the initial investigation determined that the stabbing occurred while the bus traveling south on I-65, just north of Seymour. After the stabbing, the bus driver exited the interstate and stopped at a gas station at the corner of US 50 and Sandy Creek Drive until officers arrived.

Police say the victim, 19-year-old Xavier Collins, was taken to Schneck Medical Center in Seymour for treatment of non-life threatening injuries to his leg. The suspect is Collins’ girlfriend, 19-year-old Lebria Graham. Wheeles says that police also recovered the suspected weapon from the scene. ISP detectives determined that Graham and Collins were allegedly playing some type of game with the knife while they were on the upper deck of the bus. At some point during the game, Graham allegedly stabbed Collins in the leg.

Xavier Collins; photo courtesy of Indiana State Police

Graham was arrested on preliminary charges of Criminal Recklessness with a Deadly Weapon and Battery with a Deadly Weapon. Authorities say that Collins became uncooperative in the investigation and gave a false name to investigators. After being treated and released from the hospital, Collins was arrested on preliminary charges of Obstruction of Justice and False Informing.

The investigation is ongoing.