A Spartansburg man has pleaded guilty in connection with an October 2020 stabbing in Pittsfield Township.

Charles R. Earls, III, 24, entered the plea to charges of aggravated assault and terroristic threats before Judge Gregory Hammond on Thursday.

It was Earls who initially called 911 and told troopers that he had stabbed the victim twice after the victim attempted to punch him, per the affidavit of probable cause. The incident occurred at a Dey Lane residence.

Troopers were on scene less than 15 minutes later and took Earls into custody, according to the affidavit.

They observed the victim being treated by EMTs on the porch of the Dey Lane residence and observed “a large pool of blood on the porch” under the victim. They said that EMTs were “holding a towel” on the victim’s abdomen, in addition to a towel or bandage on the victim’s wrist.

Police interviewed the victim in the ambulance.

The victim said he was contacted by a female who had broken up with Earls the day prior and got a ride to Dey Lane where he “encountered Earls as soon as he arrived.” He said he continued to ask Earls to leave and “Earls stepped up on him.” He then pushed Earls in what he described as an attempt “to get him to leave.”

The victim then, according to police, saw a curved knife in Earls’ hand.

The affidavit states that Earls then “lunged forward” and stabbed the victim in the wrist, grazed his chest “and then stabbed him in the abdomen.”

Judge Gregory Hammond said Thursday that the victim was stabbed three times including a “deep wound” to the abdomen.

Earls is currently in state prison serving a 21- to 32-month sentence stemming from an assault of two jail corrections officers.

In exchange for the plea on Thursday, an additional count of terroristic threats was not prosecuted. The maximum possible sentence for the two charges is 15 years in prison.