Drunken man stabbed son for not giving him cigarette, report says

A 66-year-old man is facing charges after he stabbed his son who had refused to give him a cigarette, according to a police report.Deputies said they were called to a home in the 500 block of Troutman Road in Rockwell, at about 5:30 am on Monday due to a stabbing.Deputies said they found 37-year-old Jesse Linker with a stab wound in his arm.Linker told deputies his father, Calvin Ray Linker, of Stanley, had stabbed him in a dispute over cigarettes. The police report said Calvin Linker was drunk.Jesse Linker was taken to a hospital, and Calvin Linker was charged with assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious bodily injury. Calvin Linker was also served with an outstanding order for arrest for failure to appear in court from Gaston County. He is being held in the Rowan County Detention Center with bond set at $3,500.

A 66-year-old man is facing charges after he stabbed his son who had refused to give him a cigarette, according to a police report.

Deputies said they were called to a home in the 500 block of Troutman Road in Rockwell, at about 5:30 am on Monday due to a stabbing.


Deputies said they found 37-year-old Jesse Linker with a stab wound in his arm.



Linker told deputies his father, Calvin Ray Linker, of Stanley, had stabbed him in a dispute over cigarettes.

The police report said Calvin Linker was drunk.

Jesse Linker was taken to a hospital, and Calvin Linker was charged with assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious bodily injury.

Calvin Linker was also served with an outstanding order for arrest for failure to appear in court from Gaston County.

He is being held in the Rowan County Detention Center with bond set at $3,500.