Man facing assault, criminal mischief charges in Paducah

PADUCAH, Ky. (KBSI) – A man faces assault and criminal mischief charges in Paducah after police say he stabbed a woman in the arm.

Robert T. Lambert, 34, address unknown faces charges of first-degree assault, tampering with physical evidence and second-degree criminal mischief.

Paducah police say Lambert stabbed a woman in the arm and ran away Wednesday morning.

He was arrested about 30 minutes after police were called to a home on Cherry Street in reference to a stabbing.

A woman at the home told police she and Lambert had a disagreement and he grabbed her by the neck, pulled a red-handled knife and cut her upper arm.

The woman began hitting the wall to alert her neighbor, and said Lambert took her phone and destroyed it before running out the back door, according to police.

Officers found Lambert at a convenience store a few blocks away on Mayfield Road and arrested him.

Along the path taken by Lambert from the house to the convenience store, officers found a bag with Lambert’s name on it, a sheath and a knife matching the description given by the victim.

The victim was taken to Baptist Health Paducah for treatment.

He was booked into McCracken County Regional Jail.

Lambert was arrested on a murder charge in 2016 after police say he stabbed a man to death on Poole Road in McCracken County. He pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter and was sentenced to 10 years in prison. He was released in 2021.