DEBARY, Florida -- An argument over money
during an alleged drug transaction resulted in a non-fatal stabbing and an
arrest early Thursday morning.
Volusia County Sheriff’s deputies responded at
about 1 a.m. to Rumor’s Bar, located at 83
South Charles R Beall Boulevard in Debary, Florida, and found 24-year-old DeBary
resident John Bemish on the ground outside with a chest wound.
As paramedics worked on
Bemish, he was able to identify 34-year-old Kevin Roberson as his attacker. Bemish was taken by Sheriff’s
Office helicopter to Halifax Health Medical
Center in Daytona Beach, Florida.
Deputies also interviewed
witnesses who told them that the suspect had jumped into the passenger seat of
a silver car. Deputies found the 2008 Chevrolet HHR less than 10 minutes later
and took Roberson into custody.
Roberson told deputies
that he had been called by a female friend who asked for drugs. Roberson said
he went to Rumor’s Bar to meet the woman and her male friends.
However,
the woman allegedly owed Roberson money, which he tried to collect. He told deputies that one of
the woman’s male friends gave Roberson some money, but Roberson saw that
the bills were counterfeit. Roberson told deputies that he argued with the
woman and then left. But witnesses told deputies that they saw the victim
collapse to the ground in front of Roberson and that Roberson then ran away
with a knife in his hand.
Roberson was charged with
aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and booked into the Volusia County
Branch Jail in Daytona Beach.
