Stabbing suspect makes appearance

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A 35-year-old man wanted by police on a warrant in relation to a double stabbing last week has been caught and detained in custody following a brief appearance in Lethbridge provincial court Friday.

Garrett Shane Williams stood quietly in the glass-enclosed prisoners’ dock while Lethbridge lawyer Claudia Connolly addressed the court then adjourned the matter for a week.

Williams, one of three men accused of stabbing two others during a dispute at a Lethbridge residence last week, is charged with two counts of aggravated assault and one count of breach of a recognizance. A second man, Rueben Cody Smith, 35, is charged with two counts of aggravated assault. He appeared in court Wednesday, and his matter was adjourned to Sept. 12 for a possible bail hearing.

A third accused, 33-year-old Toby Joshua Kingsley Firstcharger, is charged with two counts of aggravated assault and one count of assault with a weapon. A warrant has been issued for his arrest.

At about 7:30 p.m. Aug. 22 police responded to a 911 call of an assault at an apartment building in the 1400 block of Ashgrove Road South where a group of people were involved in a dispute. The dispute escalated to a physical altercation, and when police arrived they found two 20-year-old men with stab wounds. The victims were transported to Chinook Regional Hospital where one of the men remained while the other was transferred to Calgary.