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Charles Zachary Poll was charged Oct. 5 with assault inflicting serious injury in relation to the Sept. 30 incident.
Evan Lawrence, a 23-year-old Raleigh man, has been upgraded from critical condition after a brutal beating left him with a blood clot in his brain.
Teri deMatas, director of marketing and public relations at Rex Healthcare, said Lawrence was moved out of the Intensive Care Unit Wednesday evening and is now listed in fair condition.
Lawrence was assaulted Sept. 30 at the Jackpot Bar at 1303 Hillsborough St. after he allegedly flicked a cigarette onto a stranger who then attacked him.
Raleigh Police arrested Charles Zachary Poll, 25, Oct. 5 and charged him with assault inflicting serious injury.
Poll was taken into custody without incident, according to a Raleigh Police press release, and was transported to the Wake County Jail.
Jim Sughrue, a RPD spokesperson, said tips stemming from media coverage of the attack were instrumental in identifying Poll as a suspect.
According to an Oct. 5 News & Observer report, Lawrence walked into the hospital Thursday night at the request of his father and friends who noticed his speech grow increasingly slurred throughout the evening.
The attacked caused a blood clot in his brain. Immediate surgery to remove it left him in critical condition for two weeks.
According to the American Hospital Association’s website, fair condition indicates the victim’s vital signs are stable and within normal limits. The patient is conscious, but may be uncomfortable, according to the AHA site.