Flowers didn’t convince his wife to come back to him, so a Denton man stabbed her three times, police say.

He fled but was found by police later that morning.

The woman was treated at a hospital emergency room for non-life-threatening stab wounds to the right side of her chest, abdomen and arm early Friday.

According to police reports, 27-year-old Antonio Blancas has a history of beating his 20-year-old wife, Jasmin. In June, her mother reported her missing, and after several days police learned she was hiding from him because he had beaten her and threatened to kill her if she told police.

Officers photographed her extensive bruises and scrapes and charged him with assault, according to a report.

Officers were called to a manufacturing company in the 600 block of North Loop 288 just after midnight. They found Jasmin Blancas lying on a table, her clothing bloodied, and paramedics took her to an area hospital for treatment.

Witnesses said Antonio Blancas went to the business at about 3:30 p.m. Thursday. He took a bunch of roses with him and was trying to get her to go back to him, witnesses said. She had left him days earlier because he beat her, and she refused the roses, according to the report. He was escorted off the property by employees.

He returned just after midnight. She was standing in a smoking area behind the business with several employees. He grabbed her by the hair and began stabbing her, the witnesses said.

Two women jumped on his back, and a man retrieved a baseball bat from his car. They pulled the woman into the building, and the man with the bat struck Blancas on the head. Blancas fled before police arrived.

At about 10 a.m., a police sergeant spotted him drinking whiskey and Coke in a yard, police said. They arrested him on a charge of aggravated assault. He remained in city jail Friday afternoon.

Other reports

600 block of East Hickory Street — A man called police Thursday to report that he was the victim of fraud.

He said he met a man recently who said he was a model, according to a police report. He said he had a check for $450 from a modeling job but had no bank account and couldn’t cash it. He asked the victim to cash it for him through his account. The victim complied. A few days later, he asked him to do the same thing with a check for $3,000. Again, the victim deposited the check in his account, withdrew the cash and gave it to the new friend.

Recently, he learned the checks were no good, according to the report.

1800 block of U.S. Highway 156, Krum area — A sheriff’s deputy reported at about 11:30 p.m. Tuesday that he was on patrol in the area of a rock dump and noticed a truck parked behind it. He was curious and asked the driver what he was doing. The driver said he was waiting for a friend who was going to give him some money.

About that time, another truck pulled behind the rocks. That driver said he was there to “hang out” with the first driver. That seemed a strange place to hang out, the deputy noted, so he talked to the second man more and the man admitted that he was there to pick something up from the first man. Both men were taken into custody on outstanding warrants.

The officers found 2.5 grams of methamphetamine under the driver’s seat of the first man’s truck, the report states. They added drug charges for both men.

Roundup

From 7 a.m. Thursday to 7 a.m. Friday:

* Denton police handled 370 calls, including three reports of criminal mischief, one charge of possession of a controlled substance, three thefts, three frauds, one forgery, two burglaries, one charge of failure to identify, one case of harassment, two assaults, one aggravated assault and one case of possession of drug paraphernalia.

* Denton County sheriff’s deputies handled two cases of credit card abuse and one case of possession of a controlled substance. Forty-one people were booked into county jail.

* Denton firefighters responded to 13 medical calls, four traffic accidents, one overheated motor, one request to assist an invalid, one gas leak, two alarms, two smoke investigations and one false call.

Argyle firefighters responded to one traffic accident.

Aubrey firefighters responded to one request to assist a citizen, one odor investigation, one request to unlock a vehicle and one traffic accident.

Krum firefighters responded to one medical call.

Lake Cities firefighters responded to three medical calls, one hazardous materials incident and one traffic accident.

Oak Point firefighters responded to one traffic accident and one request to unlock a vehicle.

Ponder firefighters responded to one request to assist a citizen.

Pilot Point firefighters responded to two medical calls.

Sanger firefighters responded to one medical call and one traffic accident.

DONNA FIELDER can be reached at 940-566-6885. Her e-mail address is dfielder@dentonrc.com.

Denton County Crime Stoppers will pay a reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to an arrest in these or other crimes. Callers will remain anonymous. Call 1-800-388-TIPS (8477). Reach the Denton police narcotics tip line at 940-565-5801.