At 10:33 p.m., deputies responded to a report of a stabbing near the intersection of St. Johns Church Road and Hopkins Chapel Road, near Zebulon.
When they arrived, they found a woman with an apparent stab wound and was taken to the hospital with serious injuries.
SEE ALSO: Man arrested in assault of Hillsborough police officer at Sheetz gas station
Deputies later arrested and charged 42-year-old Joshua Ian Richards with assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury.
Investigators say the woman and Richards knew each other.