A HAWKINS COUNTY MAN ACCUSED OF STABBING ANOTHER MAN LAST WEEK HAS BEEN ARRAIGNED IN SESSIONS COURT. 25 YEAR OLD BENJAMIN BROOKS IS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED SECOND DEGREE MURDER IN THE STABBING OF SHANE TAYLOR. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED DURING A PHYSICAL ALTERCATION BETWEEN BOTH MEN AT A HOME ON ROSS CIRCLE ROAD. BROOKS AND TAYLOR HAD ALLEGEDLY BEEN DRINKING AT THE TIME OF THE ALTERCATION. WITNESSES TOLD POLICE THAT BROOKS THREATENED TAYLOR AND THEN STABBED HIM IN THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS NECK. A TRIAL DATE IS EXPECTED TO BE SET SOON.