ANGIER – A 45 year-old Apex man has been charged with felony assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury. Jonathan Pierce Phelps was arrested October 9 following an investigation by the Johnston County Sheriff’s Office.
On September 20 around 2:26pm, deputies were summoned to a home on Allison Circle, Angier, in western Johnston County, for a stabbing.
Authorities said a 35 year-old man was engaged in a verbal altercation with Phelps, an acquaintance, when Phelps allegedly produced a knife and stabbed the victim in the shoulder area.
The victim was treated and released at the hospital.
