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Fayetteville Man Arrested After Stabbing Neighbor With Filet Knife

FAYETTEVILLE (KFSM)- A Fayetteville man was arrested on suspicion of battery in the first-degree battery Friday (July 31) after he stabbed his neighbor with a f...
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FAYETTEVILLE (KFSM)- A Fayetteville man was arrested on suspicion of battery in the first-degree battery Friday (July 31) after he stabbed his neighbor with a filet knife, according to an arrest report.

Police officers were called to Washington Regional Medical Center Thursday (July 30) after the hospital reported they had as stabbing victim in the emergency room, the arrest report states. The victim, Lynn Edwards, had a stab wound in his abdomen and told officers that suspect Sonny Jones stabbed him once after Jones told him to get out of his yard, according to the arrest report. Edwards had to receive emergency surgery and be treated in the ICU, the arrest report states.

Police located Jones at his home on Carlsbad Terrace and he told officers he stabbed Edwards because he had threatened him, according to the arrest report. Jones said Edwards was in Jones’ front yard with mutual friends and neighbors and refused to leave when Jones told him to get out, the arrest report states. The suspect told police Edwards had a bottle of gin in his hand and was threatening Jones with it, according to the arrest report.

Jones said he grabbed a filet knife from his house and stabbed Edwards once after the victim threatened him again, the arrest report states. Eyewitnesses told police none of them saw Edwards threaten Jones, according to the arrest report.

Jones is being held at the Washington County Detention Center awaiting bond, records show. His first court date is scheduled for August 3.

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