ST. PETERSBURG — A Sarasota man was stabbed after an argument with a friend in the parking lot of a 24-hour diner that AM, police said.

James Wright, 38, was stabbed at St. Pete Diner, 1101 34th St. N, after a fight with Corrie Randall around 2:45 a.m., police said.

Wright "turned and walked away" when he noticed Corrie had a knife, police spokesman George Kajtsa said.

"Apparently, he did get stabbed in

the back," he said. "He must have been stabbed while struggling on the ground."

Wright was taken to Tampa General Hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.

Details of the arrest are unclear, but police said Randall, 35, additionally of Sarasota, was arrested sometime after the stabbing. He was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, police said.

– Casey Cora, Times staff writer

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