Released- Saturday, June 30, 2007

Millsboro- On June 30, 2007, at approximately 9:30 a.m., Troopers were dispatched to the Mountaire Plant on State Route 24 in Millsboro in reference to a stabbing. Upon their arrival a 26-year-old Georgetown resident was being treated by EMS. He had a wound on his left calf area that was bleeding profusely.

At the scene, and prior to being transported to Beebe Emergency Room, the victim identified his attacker as Donald J. Brown, 48, of the 3300 block of Irish Hill Road in Magnolia. He advised Brown opened his truck door and stabbed him in the leg as he was seated inside.

Troopers checked the area and contacted Brown in the Mountaire employee parking lot. He was taken into custody without incident. Through their investigation, investigators learned that Brown and the victim engaged in a verbal argument, over the victim washing his truck, which became heated. The victim walked away and got into his truck. Donald Brown allegedly followed him, opened the victim’s truck door and stabbed him once in his leg with a knife. Brown then went into the plants scale house and concealed the assault weapon behind a filing cabinet. Troopers successfully recovered the knife, which had blood on the blade, and subsequently transported Brown back to Troop 4. He was formally charged with Felony Assault, Possession of a Deadly Weapon During the Commission of a Felony (f) and Possession of a Deadly Weapon by a Person Prohibited (f).

Brown was committed to Sussex Correctional Institute in lieu of $41,500.00 secured bail.