(KNZA)-- A Horton man will stand trial on a charge of aggravated battery in connection with a stabbing in Holton last November.
Jackson County Attorney Shawna Miller says 22-year-old Austin Whitebird was bound over to Jackson County District Court following his preliminary hearing Thursday.
Miller says Whitebird is set for a pre-trial hearing on February 26th.
He’s accused of stabbing a 26-year-old man multiple times at a residence in the 100 block of New York Street in Holton during the evening of November 23rd.
The victim was initially taken to the Holton hospital for treatment of life-threatening injuries and later transferred to a Topeka hospital.
Whitebird was arrested the following day by Jackson County Sheriff’s deputies after he was located in a vehicle south of Holton.
He remains in the Jackson County Jail.
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