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Devils Lake, N.D. (AP) A Maddock man has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder and aggravated assault in the stabbing of a 16-year-old boy in Lakota.

Twenty-one-year-old James Garber Jr. is accused of stabbing the teenager and leaving him bleeding on a basement floor.

Authorities say the boy was knifed in the neck, chest, abdomen and back during a fight at his home July 2. Garber was arrested the next day in Colby, Kan. Authorities did not identify the boy.

Garber is jailed in Devils Lake on $300,000 bail. He is due back in court for a pretrial conference Nov. 9.

Information from: Grand Forks Herald, http://www.grandforksherald.com (Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) APNP 08-11-09 0653CDT | save this article / add to your favorites list