Arraignment was held Tuesday morning in Christian District Court for the man accused in an early Monday morning stabbing incident at a South Main Street apartment.
District Judge Lindsey Adams entered a not guilty plea on behalf of 43-year old Tremayne Welch of Hopkinsville to the first-degree assault charge and scheduled the preliminary hearing for Wednesday of next week.
As previously reported, Welch allegedly admitted to Hopkinsville police to stabbing the man with a knife multiple times after they had been cleaning and doing drugs together, claiming the victim had made unwanted sexual advances to him and that he attempted to make sexual contact.
The victim was covered with blood when he sought help at another apartment and was taken by EMS to Jennie Stuart Medical Center.