Police: Man Stabs Brother Over "Money and Drugs"

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Waleska, GA -- An altercation between two brothers resulted in one of the men suffering from stab wounds early Wednesday morning.

Deputies with the Cherokee Sheriff’s Office were dispatched around 2 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 3 to a report of a person stabbed at a home on Madisons Way in Waleska.

Deputies arrived on the scene and found Derrious Scott, 24, in a bedroom with stab wounds to his arm as well as his torso, said sheriff’s office spokesperson Lt. Jay Baker.

A be-on-the-lookout alert was given for Devonte Scott, 20, who allegedly stabbed his older brother at the home they share with their mother, Baker said.

A sheriff’s deputy located Devonte Scott’s vehicle traveling along Belletta Drive in unincorporated Canton, conducted a traffic stop and took the younger brother into custody.

Baker said at the time of his arrest, Devonte Scott had a “significant amount of blood on his clothing” and a small amount of marijuana in his possession. The brother allegedly told deputies the altercation “was over money and drugs,” Baker stated.

Derrious Scott was transported to WellStar Kennestone Hospital where he was treated for non-life threatening injuries. Devonte Scott is charged with aggravated assault and is being held without bond at the Cherokee County Adult Detention Center.

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Image: Devonte Scott. Credit: Cherokee County Adult Detention Center.