Man arrested in stabbing outside of Cartersville bar

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24-year-old Jeremiah Keith Lambert is in custody after Cartersville police say he stabbed a man multiple times outside The Local Bar and Grill early Sunday morning.

Officers responded to the bar at 120 South Erwin Street around 12:18 a.m. on May 10th after receiving reports of a disturbance involving a knife. Upon arrival, they found the victim lying in a parking lot across the street with multiple stab wounds. Bystanders were already applying pressure to his injuries and rendering first aid.

Witnesses say bartenders had just kicked Lambert out moments earlier after he became rowdy, confrontational, intoxicated, and hostile inside the bar. He reportedly used racial slurs, bumped into people, threatened to “flip” a bartender, and made statements about bringing a gun. Staff locked the doors and closed the blinds for safety.

According to the police report, after Lambert left the bar, the victim tried to de-escalate the situation in the parking lot. Lambert allegedly pulled a knife and stabbed the victim in the neck, upper shoulder, lower back, and right arm before fleeing the scene in a white 2015 Honda Civic with Texas license plates. Witnesses describe Lambert as a white male with short hair, a long red beard, and tattoos, last seen wearing a white shirt.

EMS transported the victim to Piedmont Cartersville Hospital, where he remained alert and conscious in stable condition.

Officers conducted a traffic stop on the suspect vehicle shortly afterward, but Lambert was not inside—three females were.

Lambert turned himself in to the Bartow County Jail on Monday, May 11th. He faces charges of aggravated assault and aggravated battery in connection with this incident.

Lambert has an extensive prior criminal history in Bartow County that includes multiple aggravated assault charges. In 2024, authorities charged him along with several others in connection with shootings on Lee and Walker Streets. He has also faced prior bookings for charges including false imprisonment, battery, stalking, criminal trespass, and more.