MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A man was found guilty Wednesday of stabbing his ex-girlfriend five times, according to the District Attorney General Frederick H. Agee of the 28th Judicial District.
Antonio Pewitte, 38, was found guilty of attempted voluntary manslaughter and aggravated assault after he was originally indicted for attempted first-degree murder and aggravated assault.
According to Agee, on Oct. 19 of 2024, Pewitte and his ex-girlfriend had an argument, and he drove from Brownsville to Bells, Tenn., waiting for her at her workplace.
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Agee said Pewitte ran up behind his ex-girlfriend and stabbed her three times in the face, once under her breast, and again in the arm.
Pewitte then fled the area and left his vehicle at his grandmother’s house in Humboldt, Tenn., which was located by the U.S. Marshals in Memphis 10 days later, said the District Attorney General’s Office in the 28th Judicial District…