Man indicted in stabbing

Published 9:31 pm Wednesday, November 1, 2017

A Franklin man has been indicted in connection with an early-morning stabbing in Suffolk on Aug. 21.

James Kenneth Rhoten Jr., 29, is indicted on charges of aggravated malicious wounding, conspiracy to commit a felony and shoot, stab, cut or wound.

The stabbing was reported at 1:11 a.m. from a residence in the 1700 block of Martin Road, according to a city press release. The 22-year-old male victim was expected to survive his injuries.

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Jacob Richard Zeno, of Franklin, 19 years old at the time of the offense, was also charged in the stabbing.

Rhoten was one of 34 defendants indicted on 107 charges last week.

The full grand jury report is below.

  • Christian D. Aguilar Gonzalez — child cruelty
  • Amberly Ann Boone — possession of cocaine
  • Ladaisha Adrionne Campbell — embezzlement (12 counts)
  • Christian Khaleel Clark — felony possession of weapon or ammunition
  • Prince Donnell Cobb — possession of cocaine
  • Danny Damias Council Jr. — failure to register as sex offender; failure to register, false statement (2 counts)
  • Carl Jerome Davis — possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, ½ ounce to 5 pounds; possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, second offense
  • Davon Andrewll Dillard — failure to register as sex offender
  • Byron Andrew Ellis Sr. — assault and battery of family member, third offense
  • Justin Stephen Fransee — malicious wounding
  • John Joseph Frello Jr. — grand larceny; conspiracy to commit grand larceny
  • Alesia Vanessa Galloway — concealment; felony concealment; conspiracy to commit larceny (2 counts)
  • Derrick W. Hanson — grand larceny
  • Tasharra Niveice Harper — perjury: give conflicting testimony
  • Scottie Harris — failure to register as sex offender (4 counts)
  • Shawn Hoadley — drive while intoxicated, third offense within five years
  • Vivian Holley — grand larceny
  • Kirk Lamont Howard — assault and battery of a family member, third offense
  • Jessica Marie Hubbard — obtain money by false pretenses (3 counts); third offense larceny (4 counts)
  • William Lavorn Johnson — embezzlement, more than $200 (15 counts); larceny with intent to sell (15 counts)
  • Fantasia Lowrence — malicious wounding; shoot, stab, cut or wound
  • Robert James Lynch — malicious wounding
  • Reshawn Phillips — malicious wounding
  • Yonetta Leeronda Pork — conspiracy to commit larceny; grand larceny
  • Richard Scott Rees — drive while intoxicated, third offense within five years
  • James Kenneth Rhoten — aggravated malicious wounding; shoot, stab, cut or wound; conspiracy
  • Richard Joseph Rosser II — participate in criminal street gang; malicious wounding
  • Ronnie Shephard — participate in criminal street gang; malicious wounding; use firearm in felony; point/brandish firearm
  • Darryl Antonio Taliaferro — third offense larceny
  • Preston Guy Taylor — abduction; assault and battery of a family member, third offense; induce another to perjure; manufacture methamphetamine; conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine; possess precursor to manufacture methamphetamine
  • Toneka Shirone Trotter — conspiracy to commit larceny; grand larceny
  • Brehyon Tyreek Wallace — unlawful shooting in occupied building; reckless handling of a firearm
  • Jamel Marino White — malicious shooting in occupied vehicle
  • Travis Lamont Whitehead — child cruelty; assault and battery of a family member; contributing to delinquency of a minor

Editor’s Note: An earlier version of this story gave an incorrect location for the Aug. 21 stabbing.