Police say Devin VanDine was charged with Class B aggravated assault and taken to Penobscot County Jail. Credit: Courtesy of Penobscot County Jail

An 18-year-old man was arrested after he allegedly stabbed another man following an altercation on Chamberlain Street in Brewer at midnight on Wednesday.

The victim was transported to Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor after Brewer police officers found him with stab wounds to his abdomen.

Devin VanDine was charged with aggravated assault and taken to the Penobscot County Jail.

VanDine and some other people were visiting a nearby house when the fight broke out, according to Brewer Public Safety Director Jason Moffitt.

During an initial court appearance Wednesday, a judge set VanDine’s bail at $2,000 cash, along with conditions that he have no contact with the victim or his roommate and that he not possess dangerous weapons.

VanDine is next due in court Dec. 4.

The aggravated assault charge is for a Class B crime, which is punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $10,000.

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