Man charged in stabbing

Victim is expected to recover

  • Gracie Taylor • Clay County Progress Clay County Sheriff ’s Offi ce Lieutenant Tyler Faggard investigates the scene at a Warne resident on Tuesday where a man was stabbed and transported to the hospital and another man was arrested and being held without bond. The suspect’s clothes were apparently found near his vehicle in the driveway.
    Gracie Taylor • Clay County Progress Clay County Sheriff ’s Offi ce Lieutenant Tyler Faggard investigates the scene at a Warne resident on Tuesday where a man was stabbed and transported to the hospital and another man was arrested and being held without bond. The suspect’s clothes were apparently found near his vehicle in the driveway.

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    A Brasstown man was charged in connection to a nonfatal stabbing Tuesday evening at a residence in Warne. 

    Joshua Dustin Carnes, 47,  is being held without bond after he allegedly stabbed Hayesville resident Ricky Reeder, 33, in two areas of his body, according to a release from Sheriff Mark Buchanan.

    Lieutenant Tyler Faggard and emergency workers responded to the scene on Old Highway 64 West. Faggard said he found Carnes standing at the bottom of the driveway in his boxers with a knife on the ground.

    Faggard asked who was stabbed and Carnes responded that it was him, but the officer could not find injuries on Carnes’ body.

    When Faggard looked up the driveway towards the house, he saw an injured Reeder on the porch. 

    After checking closer, Faggard immediately observed that Reeder was bleeding from his left shoulder area, according to the release.

    Clay County Fire and Rescue Chief Brian Anderson controlled the bleeding until Emergency Medical Services was able to transport Reed to Erlanger Western Carolina. “It was later learned that Reeder was also stabbed in the leg,” Faggard said in the release.

    According to Carnes’ warrant, the defendant assaulted Reeder with a Maxam Skinner Knife.

    Carnes was arrested on scene and charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill causing serious bodily injury. He is held without bond in the Clay County Detention Center.

     Reeder is expected to make a full recovery.