A man who has had an ongoing dispute with his neighbor stabbed him Monday afternoon in Warren Township near north suburban Gurnee.
Lake County sheriff’s deputies responded at 4:29 p.m. to a report of a stabbing in the 34400 block of North Almond Road, according to a statement from the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.
Michael T. Horton and his 58-year-old neighbor began arguing about 4 p.m. and Horton stabbed his neighbor in the chest, the sheriff’s office said.
Horton was charged with a felony count of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, the statement said. He was being held in the Lake County Jail on $20,000 bail.
Horton is scheduled to appear in again on Nov. 28.
