A South Georgia man faces a felony after being accused of stabbing his friend 12 times during an argument about whether his friend was actually a Christian, authorities said.
Ronald Ashley Potter Jr., 41, faces an aggravated assault charge after the March 20 stabbing, which led to his friend being flown to a Savannah hospital due to his injuries, according to a Glynn County police incident report. The two had been friends for more than 20 years, the Brunswick News reported.
Officers were dispatched to a house off Fairman Avenue to find the victim with 12 stab wounds, a room in “disarray” and blood all over a kitchen floor, the incident report said. Police spokesman Brandon Kondo told the Brunswick News that a screwdriver was the stabbing weapon.
The victim suffered stab wounds to the face, neck and abdomen, but he was released soon after he was brought to Savannah Memorial University Medical Center, Kondo told the newspaper.
Potter was arrested the following morning and booked into the Glynn County jail, where he remains without bond, according to online records.
Kondo told the Brunswick News that the two men got into an argument over Christianity and the victim’s commitment — or lack thereof — to the religion, leading to a physical altercation and the stabbing.
No other information on the incident has been released.
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