Man charged with stabbing

Posted: Thu 3:36 PM, May 03, 2012

William Smallwood

The Laurel County Sheriff's Office has arrested a man for a stabbing Wednesday afternoon on Payne Trail Road, two miles east of London.

Police say the victim, 44-year-old Tommy Smith, was stabbed in the abdomen and flown to UK Med Center. At the time of the stabbing deputies say the suspect took off in a yellow colored Lincoln.

Thursday morning the Sheriff's Office says 18-year-old William Smallwood turned himself in for the crime. Deputies charged Smallwood with assault.

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