Bond set at $500,000 in stabbing case

Bond for Carlos Max Bernabe, 34, of Ponca City, has been set at $500,000.

Bernabe was arrested Saturday in connection with a stabbing in the 200 block of South Oak Street in Ponca City, in which  his uncle and his uncle’s mother were injured.

The uncle, Terry J. Phillips, 61, received multiple stab wounds, according to a report by the Ponca City Police Department. His mother, Jane Phillips, 91, was injured in the attack when she attempted to separate Bernabe and her son. She was transported to Alliance Health Center, where she was treated and released.

Terry Phillips was transported by ambulance and then flown to OU Trauma Center in Oklahoma City. He is now in critical but stable condition.

Bernabe is being held at the Kay County Detention Center on a complaint of domestic assault with a deadly weapon.

 

A probable cause hearing was held Monday and bond was set. Bernabe’s initial hearing is set for 9 a.m. Aug. 11 in Kay County District Court.