SWEETWATER-A man and woman who allegedly stabbed a man while his 11-year-old daughter was in the house have been given a trial date for attempted murder.

James Dean Ware and Avis Yvette Stalvey are scheduled to go to trial March 20 next year on charges they tried to kill Dwight Richesin on Sept. 3, 2011.

At the time of the alleged attack, Monroe County Sheriff's Detective D.W. Brannon said Richesin was at the BP station on Main Street in Sweetwater when Stalvey, 44, Lee's Chapel Road, Sweetwater, and James Dean Ware, 44, Wayman Road, Madisonville, confronted him over some apparent past arguments.

Brannon said he didn't think the duo had any direct problems with Richesin, but with members of his family.

After exchanging words, Brannon said Richesin left the BP and drove to his home on Latham Loop with Stalvey and Ware following close behind. There was some reported minor damage to both cars indicating they bumped each other on the two-mile trip.

See full story in the Sunday, Oct. 21, edition of The Advocate & Democrat.