FAYETTE COUNTY, IL — Bail was set Friday at $40,000 Friday in Fayette County Court for a 31-year-old Mulberry Grove man charged with allegedly stabbing two people last week in Vandalia. Derek William Spradling is charged with four Class 3 felony counts of aggravated battery with the use of a deadly weapon.

Spradling is accused of stabbing one of the two people Wednesday night in the right hand, back, and twice in the chest, while the second person was allegedly stabbed in the left side.

He’s next scheduled to appear in court July 28th for a preliminary hearing and a first appearance with his court appointed attorney.