Arrested was Craig Douglas Baller. He is charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon in the stabbing of a 43-year-old man, who BCSO did not identify.
At about 3:30 p.m., BCSO received a 911 call reporting the stabbing. Deputies arrived to find the victim injured in the throat, but able to speak. Investigation indicates the victim was stabbed while walking in an alley that runs between Georgia and Kimbrel avenues in Callaway.
Investigators believe the victim was walking with Baller in the alley when the two got into a verbal altercation. Baller told investigators he became angry with the victim after he made inappropriate remarks about his mother. Baller and his mother are from Crestview and were in town for a visit with the victim.
Investigators believe Baller stabbed the victim in the neck with a knife. The victim managed to run away to a nearby home and ask for help. The 911 call was made by a resident of that home. The knife has been recovered.
The victim was being treated in a local hospital Wednesday night.