Deputies arrest suspect after daytime stabbing near Wendell
A man was seriously stabbed on Old Mill Farm Drive near Wendell, and deputies arrested a suspect two hours later near Old Bunch Road.
Wake County sheriff’s deputies arrested a suspect Wednesday after a daytime stabbing near Wendell left a man seriously hurt in a residential pocket off Robertson Pond Road. Deputies responded just after 10 a.m. to the 6300 block of Old Mill Farm Drive, found a man with an apparent stab wound and took him to the hospital with serious injuries.
Investigators identified Earnhard Joyner III as the suspect about two hours later and took him into custody near Old Bunch Road. He was charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, a felony that reflects the severity deputies assigned to the case.
Wendell police assisted the Wake County Sheriff’s Office during the response and search. Sheriff Willie Rowe thanked the community for its patience while investigators worked, as deputies moved quickly through the area and brought the arrest to a close in the same general part of eastern Wake County where the stabbing occurred.
Old Mill Farm Drive is a private road leading into a gated community off Robertson Pond Road, placing the attack in a residential enclave rather than along a major commercial corridor. Deputies had also asked residents in the Robertson Pond Road and Edgemont Road area to call 911 if they saw suspicious activity while the search was underway.
Authorities did not say whether the suspect and victim knew each other or give a motive. That leaves the central facts of the case unchanged: a stabbing in broad daylight, a victim hospitalized with serious injuries and an arrest made within hours in the same part of the county. Robertson Millpond Preserve, an 85-acre county preserve at 6333 Robertson Pond Road, sits nearby and underscores how the area blends homes, roads and public land.
Wake County government says the sheriff’s office is the primary law-enforcement agency for the county’s unincorporated areas, which includes much of the ground around Wendell where the arrest took place. The county’s Police-to-Citizen portal also provides access to public-safety incidents and arrest information as the case continues through the system.
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