By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
CHEHALIS – A 56-year-old man is jailed after allegedly stabbing someone visiting him and his significant other in Silver Creek last night.
Deputies called just after 9 p.m. to the 100 block of Huntting Road learned there was no dispute or fight beforehand, but that Claude E. Royals became offended by the actions of his visitor and stabbed him in the chest area, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
The victim, a 43-year-old Lacey man, was taken to Morton General Hospital by the significant other, where was stabilized and then flown to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, sheriff’s Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said.
Royals was arrested for first-degree assault and booked into the Lewis County Jail, Breen said. He is tentatively scheduled to go before a judge this afternoon in Lewis County Superior Court.
The victim’s condition as of this morning was stable, according to Breen.
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