114th Year, 49th Issue Thursday, July 17, 2003 Sparta, North Carolina

State dismisses assault charge on Gordillo

The state dismissed a felony assault charge against Francisco Gordillo last week.

Gordillo, 25, of Sparta, had been charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury over an alleged stabbing incident in mid-June at his home.

Gordillo was accused of stabbing 42-year-old Lisandro Nocumendi, with whom he shared a house on Farmers Fish Camp Road, in the chest with a folding knife.

Nocumendi was treated for injuries at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, initially listed in critical but later upgraded to stable condition. Nocumendi was released from the hospital a few days after having surgery.

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