One sent to hospital and another jailed after stabbing
McDowell County sheriff’s deputies have charged John Arthur West, 47, address listed as Bakersville, with assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury.
Shortly before noon on Friday, July 12, West and the victim, 42-year-old Michael Blake Thorne, address listed as Jenny Lind Drive, got into a dispute at Thorne’s residence, at which time West brandished a pointed-tip tool and stabbed Thorne once in the torso.
The argument between the two reportedly started earlier at a construction site at McDowell Square Shopping Center, on U.S. 70 West, where both were working, then continued to Thorne’s property on Jenny Lind Drive.
Alcohol played a role in the altercation.
Thorne was taken to Mission Hospital in Asheville for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.
Address/Location
McDowell County Sheriff's Office
593 Spaulding Rd
Marion, NC 28752
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 828-652-2235
Richelle Bailey
McDowell County Sheriff's Office
[email protected]
828-652-2235
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