Monday, October 31, 2011

Louisa Man Allegedly Cuts WV Man's Throat

{Louisa, Kentucky}...Joshua Wilson, 27, of Fort Gay in Wayne County, West Virginia is recovering after getting his throat cut Saturday night while attending a birthday party at a house on Sunset Acres Drive in Louisa, Kentucky. Wilson was first taken to the hospital in Louisa, then airlifted to Cabell Huntington Hospital, where he has been treated and released. Monday afternoon, police arrested James E. Blackburn, 65, of Louisa, and charged him with first degree assault. Witnesses told deputies the two men got into an altercation during the party and that Blackburn pulled out a knife and cut Wilson across the neck. Blackburn was lodged in the Big Sandy Regional Detention Center in Paintsville.