From The Press of Atlantic City — One berry picker has been charged with stabbing another on a Nesco farm, less than two weeks after a similar incident nearby.

Township police said Wilber Lopez, 22, of Guatemala slashed and stabbed Oscar Lopez, 25, of Mexico four times, about 12:10 a.m. Monday in front of a labor camp at Oakcrest Farms on Nesco Road. The employees are not related.

Oscar Lopez was treated at Kessler Memorial Hospital in Hammonton and released Monday morning. He had been cut on his arm and shoulder and twice in his back; Det. Brian Zech said police were told the victim required more than 400 stitches.

Wilber Lopez faces a charge of aggravated assault with a weapon, as well as likely deportation as an illegal immigrant. He is being held in Atlantic County Jail in lieu of $50,000. No court date is set.

Both men were intoxicated and did not remember why they were fighting, township police said. The scuffle followed a larger fight between at least 10 workers; an anonymous call to 911 alerted police.

No weapon was found, though police believe a kitchen knife was used.

Two farm workers attempted to rob three others who were walking on Nesco Road in front of the farm June 28. None of the subjects was linked to Oakcrest Farms.

The three refused to cooperate and 22-year-old Jose L. Perez is charged with stabbing two of them, then fleeing. The victims survived.

Perez, like Wilber Lopez, is an illegal immigrant being held in lieu of $50,000 bail, awaiting a court date.