Crime & Safety
Teen Charged with Attempted Murder
Victim was flown to Bayfront Medical Center with stab wounds.
Deputies have arrested a 19-year-old on charges of attempted murder after they say he stabbed another man during a fight.
Ronald Joseph, 29, was flown Thursday morning to Bayfront Medical Center in St. Petersburg after being stabbed in the abdomen during a fight at 5120 21st St. W., according to a sheriff's report.
Joseph and Troy Davis, 19, were fighting when Joseph was stabbed in the abdomen, according to the report. Afterward Davis left in a truck at around 3:30 a.m. Responding deputies stopped Davis.
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During the investigation, deputies charged Davis with attempted murder.
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