AVON PARK, Fla. - An Avon Park man is behind bars after allegedly stabbing his mother 10 times at a home on West Lacey St.

Highlands County deputies arrived on Sunday morning to the 66-year-old victim bleeding heavily in a chair outside. She told investigators that her son stabbed her during an argument.

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First responders were able to airlift her to a local hospital, and she is expected to survive.

The woman's son, 49-year-old Fredrick Burns III, was found walking nearby at the intersection of South Carolina Ave. and East Booker St.

The knife that deputies believe was used in the stabbing was found outside the home.

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He was arrested at 10:10 a.m. and ha

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