Bond denied for man charged in Sunday stabbings outside Clarkesville

Ethan Blue Brooks (NowHabersham.com)

A Habersham County judge on Tuesday denied bond for the man accused of stabbing three people following a domestic dispute Sunday outside of Clarkesville.

27-year-old Ethan Blue Brooks is charged with three counts of aggravated assault. He is accused of stabbing his girlfriend’s parents and cousin, Ricky and Diana Smith, and Ashley Chaffin.

Family members told Now Habersham Ricky Smith was stabbed three times in the abdomen. According to Chaffin, he remained on a ventilator in critical condition at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville as of Monday, September 1.

Brooks, who has had previous run-ins with the law, remains in the Habersham County Detention Center.

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