Orlando bar employee arrested after allegedly stabbing patron 10 times over tab

Orlando bar employee arrested after allegedly stabbing patron 10 times over tab

An Orlando bar employee has been arrested after he allegedly stabbed a patron 10 times following an argument over a bar tab last weekend.

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. - An Orlando bar employee has been arrested after he allegedly stabbed a patron 10 times following an argument over a bar tab last weekend.

What led to the stabbing?

What we know:

According to an official Orange County arrest affidavit, a woman flagged down an officer around 5:36 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 31, at the intersection of North Mills Avenue and Canton Street in reference to a stabbing. 

The woman had blood on her hands and said she was by a dumpster located behind Grumpy's Underground when she heard two people involved in a physical altercation. She said she did not physically see the fight taking place but tried to verbally tell the individuals to stop.

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The woman said a man then brushed by her and said someone was stabbed before then continuing walking northbound to Canton Street. The woman said she began to walk around Grumpy's Underground when she noticed she had blood on both of her hands that allegedly got there when the individual bumped into her. 

As the woman was talking to the officer, the owner of the bar walked up and said, "Saucy stabbed someone, and it's not OK."

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According to the arrest affidavit, officials say 30-year-old Jason Rosario, got into a verbal argument over a bar tab while inside the bar with patrons he was serving. The altercation escalated, and the two went outside to the alley behind the bar and began fighting. According to the victim, the two were throwing punches before Rosario pulled out a knife and stabbed him ten times in the face and back of the head.  

Jason Rosario (Credit: Orange County Jail)

The owner said the victim then walked back into the bar with several stab wounds, but Rosario, never returned.

FOX 35 News spoke with the bar owner, Amanda Fields, who explained what she saw that night.

"[Rosario] got into an argument about a tab," she said. "The guy with the tab left. He left the building, he went home, but his best friend stayed behind and just argued with the two, kept arguing. I kicked everybody out. I thought everybody had left for the night and about an hour went by, maybe a half an hour to an hour and the next thing I know somebody came in injured."

According to Fields, Rosario was not a paid employee, but had trained with them several times. However, she said she saw him come in as a patron that night, and they were very busy, so she asked him to help serve customers.  

"He worked in maybe six months, like twice, but he was never hired on because he wasn't a good fit to begin with," she said. "But he never did anything violent or anything. He just, not a big smile or anything. I cooperated fully, and I wanted him put in jail, because it's just not OK."

Investigators later were able to locate Rosario. He was arrested and faces an attempted second-degree murder charge.