Johnny Morris of Sallisaw was sentenced to 10 years in the Department of Corrections (DOC) for probation violations and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.
Morris was arrested on June 7 after Sallisaw Police Officer Wendal Hughes responded to a stabbing. Hughes discovered Morris had gotten into an argument with his ex-wife and stabbed her in the stomach with a knife. At the time, Morris was on probation for various drug charges.
"Violence of this nature can not be tolerated in our community," Kyle Waters, assistant district attorney handling the case, said.
In a separate case, it was found that another man, John F. Calhoun, violated the rules and conditions of his probation. Calhoun was sentenced to 10 years in the DOC, with five years suspended.
Calhoun violated his probation and was found to have used marijuana while on probation. Calhoun had been on probation for drug charges stemming from an investigation by the Sequoyah County Sheriff's Office into a tip that Calhoun was manufacturing methamphetamine at his home north of Vian.
