Beggar charged with attempted murder for gas station stabbing

BATON ROUGE - A beggar has been charged with attempted second-degree murder after he stabbed a man at a College Drive gas station Sunday.Authorities arrested 53-year-old Aron Becnel over the weekend after he reportedly stabbed another man at a Circle K gas station. Witnesses say Becnel was asking for money before he stabbed the victim around 2 a.m. Sunday morning.Becnel was initially charged with second-degree battery for the attack and booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Jail.&nbsp