Laurens County Deputies responded to Chapman Road outside Fountain Inn at 1:06 yesterday afternoon on a report of a stabbing. On arrival they reported observing a man on the porch who allegedly said “Take me to jail, I did it.” Inside they found that man’s wife holding a towel wrapped around the hand of another male resident. EMS was called and transported the victim for treatment of the cutting. The woman reportedly stated she observed her husband grab a knife and cut her friend. 42-year-old Dudley Shane Hathcox of 491 Chapman Road, unit 115, Fountain Inn was arrested and charged with Assault and Battery 2nd Degree and with Possession of a Weapon during a Violent Crime. A warrant states that Hathcox intentionally committed battery on a victim by cutting him on his hand with a knife, and that he possessed and displayed a knife during commission of a violent crime. Dudley Shane Hathcox was being held in the Johnson Detention Center overnight, pending a bond hearing today.
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