Roland Thomas Smith/Photo: Spotsylvania County Sheriff's Office
A Spotsylvania man is behind bars after stabbing his girlfriend at a local motel.
The incident happened Friday night at the Econolodge Motel on Jefferson Davis Highway. Deputies found a 36-year-old woman who had been stabbed in the abdomen. She told authorities that she had caught 32-year-old Roland Thomas Smith cheating on her.
Witnesses pointed out Smith who was trying to leave the scene. He was taken into custody and the knife that was used was in his possession.
Smith is jailed without bond on a charge of aggravated malicious wounding.
