No charge filed after Rock Island stabbing

UPDATE : No aggravated battery charge will be filed against a man arrested earlier in connection with a stabbing incident in Rock Island, according to Rock Island County State’s Attorney Dora Villarreal.

“Our office reviewed the case and the investigation on Thursday morning,” Villarreal told Our Quad Cities News on Friday. “The review included reports, interviews and video that was obtained by the investigators. We determined that there was not sufficient evidence to ptove charges of aggravated battery.

“We have no comment on whether or not there was an affirmative defense for the actions of Mr. Brown,” the statement concluded.

EARLIER : a man is in the Rock Island County Jail after police say he stabbed another man after an argument.

According to a news release from the Rock Island Police Department, at about 2 p.m. on July 31, Nicholas L. Brown, 19, got into a verbal argument with a 54 year-old man in the 1700 block of 42nd Street. The argument turned physical and during the fight, police allege Brown used a knife to stab the man. The man sustained non-life threatening stab wounds to his abdomen and was taken to UnityPoint Health – Trinity for treatment.

Brown was arrested and taken to the Rock Island County Jail on an aggravated battery charge. He is awaiting an initial hearing on the charge. He is being held on no bond.

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