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Bartlesville Police responded to a call on Monday morning after a male showed up at the local Hospital Emergency room with several stab wounds. When Officers arrived at the hospital, they discovered there were actually two male subjects with injuries. The injuries were not life threatening, and both were released from the hospital, but when questioned, the two subject’s stories as to what happened did not match.

According to an affidavit, 20-year-old Marvin Lee Clark of Wynona and 27-year-old Michael Joseph Martinez of Pawhuska forced their way into the trailer of man while he was sleeping. The victim says he was hit in the mouth with an axe handle and threatened with a revolver pistol. Martinez and Clark then forced the victim away from his residence after stealing two video game consoles. 

The resident stated they left the area driving a red car and he chased after them in his own car, claiming to have chased them out to a rural area of Osage county where he rammed their vehicle causing it to crash. The resident then claims that a second fight broke out at that location and he stabbed one of the men with a pocket knife.

The resident took officers out into Osage county to road 2145 where the red car was located wrecked. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol has worked the accident and the Osage County Sheriff’s office has worked the stabbing incident.  

Both men appeared in court at the Washington County Courthouse on Tuesday facing first degree burglary charges. They will be both appear again of Wednesday after their initial arraignments were delayed. Bond for Clark is set $50,000 while bond for Martinez is set for $60,000.