Recommend This StoryDefendant pleads not guilty in Linden stabbing case
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By Joe Beck -- jbeck@nvdaily.com
A defendant accused of stabbing a man as many as 30 times pleaded not guilty to attempted murder and two other charges Tuesday in Warren County Circuit Court.
Judge Dennis L. Hupp scheduled a four-day jury trial beginning at 9 a.m. Nov. 27 after accepting the pleas from Joshua Christopher Profitt, 29, of Manassas. Authorities believe Profitt stabbed Christopher Stephens of 3163 Freezeland Road, Linden in an early morning confrontation April 20 at Stephens' home.
Sheriff's deputies called to the scene found bloodstains outside and throughout the residence, according to court documents. The criminal complaint against Profitt states that emergency room staff at Winchester Medical Center said Stephens arrived at the hospital badly cut in the face and neck and suffering several stab wounds to the torso, including one to the abdomen.
Stephens told a detective from the Warren County Sheriff's Office that Profitt was his assailant, according to the criminal complaint. Stephens' father also identified Profitt as his son's attacker, the complaint states.
Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney Nicholas Manthos told Hupp that he expected evidence from the state crime laboratory should be available by mid-October.
Why don't we save a lot of time and money and just go straight to the "slap on the wrist" plea deal that will emerge from this????
No "slap on the wrist here" once the DNA evidence arrives from the crime lab, the only plea deal is twenty-five to life. Besides, he already plead "not guilty" so it goes to trial.
he can still plead out. I say he will and won't pull anymore than 8 years
He might plead out the other felony charge but they'll get him on either attempted murder 1st degree or aggravated malicious wounding - both charges carry a mandatory minimum of 25 years in the Commonwealth of Virginia -
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