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Man charged in stabbing now accused of trying to hit person with car

A man already facing an attempted murder charge in a Wayne County stabbing can now add charges of attempted battery with a deadly weapon, battery and leaving the scene of an accident after admitting to attempting to run down a pedestrian with his car. 29-year-old Julian Nicholas McCord, in court documents listed as having addresses in both Hagerstown and Winchester — was charged last week in Wayne Circuit Court with the additional charges.  According to court documents, a Hagerstown man told Wayne County sheriff's deputies on April 17 that McCord — reported to be his roommate — had struck him in the face, and then crashed his car into the accuser's "parked and unattended vehicle" before fleeing.  When interviewed at the Wayne County jail, McCord reportedly told a deputy he had tried to strike his accuser with his vehicle, saying he was "angry and just wanted (the other man) to leave" the property, which is owned by a member of McCord's family.  McCord also allegedly admitted that at the time of the incident, he was "under the influence of a variety of illicit substances, including methamphetamine."  The attempted battery with a deadly weapon charge is a Level 5 felony carrying up to six years in prison.  McCord previously had been arrested after he allegedly plunged a knife in to the chest of a rural Hagerstown man at that victim's home. His trial in that case is set for July 25.