Staff Writer

Sheriff's deputies looking for a man allegedly involved in a stabbing found him and a second suspect for whom there was an outstanding warrant.

Michael Christopher Jeter, 19, of 441 Whitlock Lake Road, Jonesville, was charged Monday with assault and battery with intent to kill. He is being held in the Union County Jail on $75,000 surety bond.

Jaran Harris, 21, of 443 Whitlock Lake Road, was taken into custody on a General Sessions Court bench warrant, charged with assault and battery in a 2007 case and charged with resisting arrest for trying to break away from deputies Monday, Sheriff Howard Wells said. Harris is being held on $10,000 bond.

The stabbing incident occurred on May 23 at the BP Station on 1315 Lockhart Highway in Monarch. Deputy Thom McAbee and Sgt Dee Haney were called to the station to handle a fight in progress. Before they could arrive, they were told by 911 that someone had been stabbed and was being taken to Wallace Thomson Hospital.

At the station, no one there could tell the deputies who had been stabbed or who did the stabbing.

At the hospital, Richard Brandon, 23, told deputies he and Jeter got into an altercation over a woman who now is Brandon's girlfriend and Jeter stabbed him. The girlfriend drove Brandon to the hospital. Brandon was cut on the right side of his neck and on his left arm. He later was airlifted to Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. He has since been released.

Wells said Cpl. Dean Gibson stopped a car on the Beltline Friday that had Jeter inside. Jeter jumped out and ran.

Officers searched the Beltline area, Monarch Highway and McKanic Road but could not locate Jeter.

Wells said that on Memorial Day they received a tip that Jeter was at home. Haney and Deputies Scott Ruby, Randy Manus and McAbee, along with Jonesville police officer John Mark “Pugsley” Bailey went to the residence. Haney spoke with a woman there who said Jeter was not inside. Haney advised her that she could be arrested for giving false information to police if Jeter were found inside.

“The lady at the residence called Jeter out of a room, and Harris - another individual on whom the sheriff's office had warrants - was found, also,” Wells said. “When officers tried to handcuff Harris, he resisted.”

Harris is accused of hitting a relative on Whitlock Lake Road on Sept. 11, 2007.