A 39-year-old Jacksonville man is sitting in the Onslow County Jail without bond after investigators say he attacked another man with a 10-inch knife, leaving the victim with serious injuries. Brandon Allen Combs was arrested Saturday, and online court records show he now faces a felony assault charge along with a weapons count.
According to WCTI, Jacksonville police arrested Combs on Sept. 26. Online court records reviewed by the station show Combs is charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, as well as carrying a concealed weapon.
Arrest warrants accuse Combs of assaulting another man with the 10-inch knife and causing serious injury, per the station's reporting. The same warrants allege that Combs carried the knife concealed while he was away from his own property, a detail that underpins the separate weapons charge against him.
No Bond Set as Case Heads to Court
Combs remains in the Onslow County Jail without bond, the outlet reports. He was scheduled to make his first court appearance Monday, Sept. 28, though the outcome of that hearing has not been reported.
Generally speaking, bond in North Carolina is set following an arrest and can be reviewed at any court hearing, according to the North Carolina Judicial Branch. At a first appearance, a judge typically reviews bond and advises the defendant of their rights.
What the Charges Could Mean
Under North Carolina law, a person who assaults another with a deadly weapon, with intent to kill, and inflicts serious injury is punished as a Class C felon, according to North Carolina General Statute 14-32. Separately, state law makes it unlawful to willfully carry a concealed bowie knife, dirk, dagger, or other deadly weapon of like kind, per North Carolina General Statute 14-269.
Not the First Knife Case in Jacksonville This Year
This is not the only knife assault case to hit Jacksonville's court docket this year. The station's report on a separate case notes that 67-year-old Brenda Kay Duncan was arrested by the Jacksonville Police Department and charged with assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury after she allegedly assaulted a female victim with a knife, causing serious injuries. Duncan was likewise taken to the Onslow County Jail and held without bond, with a first court appearance scheduled for that Tuesday, per the same account.
Statewide, the rate of Crime Index offenses reported to North Carolina law enforcement agencies decreased 4.2 percent in 2024 compared with 2023, according to the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation. That figure reflects a broader statewide trend and does not speak to any specific pattern in Jacksonville or Onslow County.
