NEWPORT — A large fight in Newport on Saturday left a 26-year-old man from Derby facing charges.
Police say at approximately 1:23 a.m., they were dispatched to the area of Main Street in Newport City for a report of a fight.
Upon arrival, police say they witnessed several individuals near the intersection of Central Street and Main Street, who appeared to be fighting and yelling at each other.
Police conducted an initial investigation and say that Everett Wilson, 26, of Derby, allegedly stabbed a 21-year-old Barton man during the altercation.
Wilson was taken into custody without incident and later released on personal recognizance pending his arraignment in Orleans District Court.
He is being charged with aggravated assault and possession of a controlled substance.
I understand that people’s lives aren’t always peaches and cream but that is still no excuse for bad behavior. You can choose to turn your life around and make it a better one. What gets in the way of most people is self pity and pride because they don’t want to ask for help and sometimes you should. I know “it’s easy for someone who’s had an easy life to say that” Honestly, no one can judge someone by the smile on their face or the clothes on their back because you don’t know the life they’ve lived unless you have lived it yourself. Everyone’s story is different but your past doesn’t have to define who you are or who you can be. You have to make that choice for yourself. If you don’t like how life is going change it. You create your own destiny. But actions do have consequences. Never forget that. After all Newton’s third law of motion… for ever action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Which holds true to most anything. And with that I hope some day he realizes he can do so much more with his life then this.