Additional charges have been filed against a Pike County man already arrested for his involvement in a New Year’s morning assault that left one man dead and two others injured in Letcher County.
27-year-old Patrick Smith, of Marrowbone in Pike County, is now being charged with one count of complicity to commit murder, and one count of criminal mischief first degree.
Patrick Smith was involved in a fight on Hayes Street after leaving Street Side Bar and Grill in Whitesburg around 2 a.m. Wednesday, which resulted in the death of 25-year-old Michael Hogg, of Whitesburg.
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The Letcher County coroner said Hogg was stabbed multiple times.
David Christopher Puckett, 23, of Jenkins, was flown to Holston Valley Medical Center in Kingsport, TN. His condition is unknown.
Stacy Phillips, 23, of Thornton, was treated and released at the Whitesburg ARH.
James R. Huffman, 24, of Potsville, was charged with murder and two counts of assault.
Both Smith and Huffman remain in the Letcher County Detention Center.
