Man back in jail for a stabbing

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ)- A man named Elijah Witt is back in a place he knows well.

Witt was arrested around 2:12 Sunday morning for assault.

Police say he stabbed someone in the chest with a butcher knife on York Street near the Castlewood Community Center.

According to officers, the fight started over cigarettes.

A homewoner was able to take the knife away from Witt.

The man he stabbed went to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Witt has had two stays in the jail before, one in 2015 and another in 2016.