KINGSPORT STABBING

Feb 5, 2008

A STABBING IN KINGSPORT HAS LEFT ONE PERSON INJURED AND SENT ANOTHER TO JAIL. RONNIE JOHNSON IS CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT. POLICE SAID JOHNSON ALLEGEDLY STABBED KENNETH HENSLEY IN THE LEFT FOREARM AT A HOME ON FAIRVIEW AVENUE LAST NIGHT. HENSLEY TOLD POLICE JOHNSON STABBED HIM AS HE WAS TRYING TO PUSH HIM OUT THE DOOR OF HIS HOME. WITNESSES TOLD POLICE JOHNSON APPEARED DRUNK AND WAS WAIVING A KNIFE. ONE WOMEN ALLEGED JOHNSON LUNGED AT HER WITH THE KNIFE, BUT SHE WASN’T INJURED. JOHNSON IS CURRENTLY BEING HELD IN THE CITY JAIL ON 30-THOUSAND DOLLARS BOND AND WILL BE ARRAIGNED THIS MORNING IN GENERAL SESSIONS COURT.