JOhnny Eunice

Johnny Eunice: Accused in knife attack 

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A man is in custody, charged in connection with a knife attack at a motel that left three people injured, according to the Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office.

 

Deputies were called to the Carolina Inn and Suites at about 1:45 a.m.

Officers found Chavis Shiron White with a knife wound on his throat. Deputies said they learned that White and Johnny Eunice had gotten into a fight in White’s hotel room. A short time later, as White walked walked through a breezeway, Eunice slashed him in the throat, deputies said.

Two other men, Michael Pick and David Ball, tried to stop Eunice and were also cut.

A deputy with a police dog found Eunice in some nearby woods a short time later.

Deputies said when they tried to document injuries from the K-9 capture, Eunice was combative and spit on a deputy.

When he was put back in the patrol car, Eunice kicked out the back window, according to deputies.

The incident report said one deputy was cut on the eye by the shattered glass and two other deputies were also cut. Deputies said they used additional force and restraints on Eunice to get him under control.

Eunice was treated at the hospital and booked into the jail on charges of attempted murder, assault and battery and malicious damage to county property.