FLEMING ISLAND, Fla. – A 17-year-old from Fleming Island is facing aggravated battery charges in connection with a double stabbing last Friday after a house party in the Woodlands neighborhood.
According to an arrest report from the Clay County Sheriff’s Office, Jacob Dylan Parks is charged with two counts of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and a misdemeanor count of simple assault.
Deputies said the incident happened around 10:30 p.m. on Sept. 19 in the area of Woodland View Drive in Fleming Island.
Parks’ arrest report said Garrett and Dominic, the people Parks injured, drove themselves to Baptist Clay Hospital after being stabbed.
News4JAX spoke with Garrett’s mom, Mary Etta, by phone on Thursday.
She said her son and Dominic are both 18 years old and had just left a birthday party with a third friend.
The party was on Roseberry Court.
Garrett was stabbed in the left side of his neck and back and was listed in critical condition in the ICU. Dominic suffered a stab wound to the abdomen.
The report said the pair had to be airlifted to the trauma center at HCA Orange Park Hospital.
Mary Etta said Garrett had to have a stent put in his artery since the knife damaged it, and she said Dominic had a collapsed lung.
According to the report, the mother of one of the victims let detectives search her car, which is what the pair had used to get to the hospital, where investigators found a large amount of blood.
A witness, who turned 18 the day before the stabbing, had been in the car with the two victims and was interviewed by investigators.
The arrest report said Parks’ parents called the sheriff’s office and said they were willing to meet with investigators.
They drove Parks to the substation on Blanding Boulevard, where he was interviewed by detectives.
During the interview, investigators searched a dumpster for the knife and other evidence. What they found and what Parks said in his interview are redacted from the arrest report.
Parks is now in the Duval Juvenile Detention Center, as the Clay County jail does not have a juvenile wing.
Mary Etta said she wants harsher charges brought against the 17-year-old high school student.
News4JAX reached out to the Clay County Sheriff’s Office, asking if additional charges will be added. They replied, saying this is an active and ongoing investigation.
The Clay County School District confirmed to News4JAX that Parks is a student at Fleming Island High School.
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