Knife

Just the other night, the local news reported two stabbings. In light of all the recent knee-jerk gun legislation, where is the outrage and legislation for knife control? Knives should be banned. Knife owners need to be licensed and finger printed - so that when someone stabs someone, as happens in Maryland on a regular basis, the police know whom to go after. There should be consistent and fair legislation for such crimes. If there have to be draconian gun laws here, then judging by the news there should also be equally strict knife control laws in Maryland.

Back in the late 1950s, when I was in the seventh grade, I brought a deadly weapon to school. One morning, into the pocket of my Catholic school uniform, I slipped a knife. I then said good-bye to my mother and got on the bus for St. Ambrose School in Bridgeport, Conn. Although I knew that bringing the knife to school probably was testing the limits of acceptable behavior, I also knew that owning the knife was perfectly fine. Otherwise, my father would not have given it to me. A few months earlier, the knife had been my Christmas present from him. I remember folding back layers of tissue from an oddly shaped gift that clearly wasn't a pair of mittens or a book, until suddenly, the last layer of tissue gone, there it was - a knife!

A man armed with a knife robbed the Lil Guardian Angels shop in Glen Burnie Saturday afternoon, and then possibly escaped down a bicycle trail, according to Anne Arundel County police. A clerk told police that a man walked into the store on Central Avenue about 3:30 p.m., took out a knife and demanded money as he went around the counter. Police said an undetermined amount of money was taken from the store, which sells baby clothes and toys. Police said the man escaped on foot, possibly down a nearby bike trail.

The weapon used to kill a University of Maryland Eastern Shore student in February has a "unique orange and black camouflage handle" that investigators hope will "prompt the memory of someone who may have seen the knife before," Maryland State Police said Wednesday. Investigators released an image of the weapon, which has a three-and-a-half-inch serrated silver blade, for the first time at a news conference on the university campus Wednesday, and urged the public to contact them if they recognize it. They hope tips about the knife will help them identify three suspects they believe were involved in the killing of Edmond St. Clair, a 21-year-old junior biology major from Severn who graduated from Laurel High School in 2010.

A 17-year-old student at Southern High School was arrested Tuesday morning after police say he was found in possession of a knife and an unloaded pellet gun. Anne Arundel County police said a resource officer assigned to the school, in the 4400 block of Solomons Island Road in Harwood, was told at about 11 a.m. that a student was carrying a weapon and displayed it to another student. The officer located the student in the cafeteria during lunch and found that he was carrying a knife and a CO-2 powered pellet gun, which was not loaded and had no cartridge inserted.

Here are some tips to keep you safe in the kitchen.* Cut away from your fingers, not toward them, and direct knives downward, toward the cutting board or other surface. Hold knives firmly and don't cut too fast.* Keep knives sharp; dull blades can slip off objects you're cutting, such as onions or tomatoes, and cut your hand.* Store knives in a designated drawer and make sure the entire family knows that's where they go. A knife in another drawer or at the bottom of the sink or dishwasher can cut someone who doesn't expect it to be there.

It wasn't the neon-green comb tucked in a loose-leaf notebook that caught the eye of a TSA screener at BWI Monday morning — it was what the comb concealed: a knife with a 4-inch blade. Pamela Whitfield, 31, of Hampton, Va., was charged with carrying an unauthorized weapon through airport security, a misdemeanor, after an X-ray machine operator noticed an "unusual image," said Kawika Riley, a Transportation Security Administration spokesman. The comb was lying along the binder's spine among some papers and a folder.

A city sheriff's deputy on his way to work Friday morning shot and wounded a man who authorities said jumped into his marked cruiser and attacked him with a knife at a busy intersection in Northeast Baltimore. The man was wounded in the left arm and taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital, where he was being treated. His condition was not available, but a spokeswoman for the Baltimore sheriff's office said he was conscious and talking to paramedics. Police identified the wounded man as Jontae L. Daughtry, 36, of the 1200 block of East Cold Spring Lane in New Northwood.

A 13-year-old pupil at East Middle School in Westminster was arrested after he took a knife to school last week, police said. Westminster police said they arrested the boy Friday morning after other pupils told school officials that he had shown them a knife while they were riding the bus to the school. Authorities found a knife with a 2 1/2 -inch blade in the boy's pants pocket when he was called to the principal's office, police said. Capt. Randy Barnes said police were not aware that the boy made any threats with the knife.

A man with a knife robbed a Brooklyn Park restaurant Saturday of an undisclosed amount of money, county police said.Police said the man walked into the China Wok Restaurant in the 5000 block of Ritchie Highway about 10: 30 p.m. and dropped a knife. He picked it up, pointed it at a cashier and demanded money, police said.The cashier complied, and the man ran toward East 11th Avenue. Police did not have a detailed description of the robber.Pub Date: 1/21/97

Police are looking for a man who robbed an Edgewood 7-Eleven early Saturday. The suspect, a white man with light brown hair approximately 6 feet tall and 250 pounds, entered the store around 4:45 a.m. and displayed a knife to the clerk before taking an undisclosed amount of money from the cash register and an assortment of cigarettes, according to the Harford County Sheriff's Office. He left the convenience store in the 1000 block of Gateway Road on foot. The suspect had facial hair and wore a light gray, zippered hoodie, a black or blue baseball cap with a flat brim, blue jeans and black sneakers, police said.

Aberdeen Aberdeen police report: A cell phone was taken by a fellow cab passenger Tuesday in the 600 block of Webb Street. A gold 2000 Chrysler Town and Country van was taken Tuesday in the 600 block of Walker Street. Harassment by a woman was reported Tuesday at Pat's Pizzeria, in the 200 block of South Philadelphia Boulevard. Kids were throwing rocks at windows in the 200 block of North East Road on Tuesday. A known juvenile pulled a knife on a 12-year-old in a trailer park in the 100 block of West Aztec Street on Tuesday.

Aberdeen Victor Thomas Gordon Jr., 24, of the 400 block of Holly Drive, was charged Tuesday with failing to appear for court in a case in which he was charged with driving even though his license had been suspended, failing to display a registration card and driving without current registration plates. Aberdeen police report: A man was walking around Halls Cross Roads Elementary School and shouting Tuesday. Someone threatened an employee at L&M Auto, in the 1400 block of South Philadelphia Boulevard, on Tuesday.

Ace, a youthful Labrador, bounds across his lawn, fielding tennis balls and hurrying them back to his owner. His tail wags. His coat is thick and shiny. He barks with enthusiasm. To the naked eye, Ace is a strapping example of dogdom. Who would guess that he's had work done? An eye job, in fact. Ace is one of thousands of dogs who've had plastic surgery. A little nip. A little tuck. Eye lifts. Nose jobs. Exactly the sorts of procedures people get. But unlike cosmetic surgery for humans, dogs and cats aren't doing it to look better at their high school reunion.

Just the other night, the local news reported two stabbings. In light of all the recent knee-jerk gun legislation, where is the outrage and legislation for knife control? Knives should be banned. Knife owners need to be licensed and finger printed - so that when someone stabs someone, as happens in Maryland on a regular basis, the police know whom to go after. There should be consistent and fair legislation for such crimes. If there have to be draconian gun laws here, then judging by the news there should also be equally strict knife control laws in Maryland.

An Arundel Middle School student was issued a juvenile citation Tuesday after two classmates told school officials that he threatened them with a 3-inch knife, one of two incidents at the Odenton school this week. Also this week, a teacher was videotaped screaming at a student while admonishing her in front of classmates Wednesday. The video was posted on Facebook, and the teacher has since been removed from her classroom and is on leave while school officials investigate. In the knife incident, Anne Arundel County police said in a news release that Arundel Middle's resource officer was told about 12:30 p.m. Tuesday that a 12-year-old male student had made threats with the knife to a 12-year-old boy and 11-year-old girl.

A man held a knife to the throat of a cabdriver yesterday and robbed him of an undisclosed amount of money, county police said.Phillip Hamon, 25, a driver for AC Taxi in the first block of Crain Highway, was not injured.Mr. Hamon told police he picked up a man at the Cromwell light rail stop and drove him to the 7800 block of Bruton Drive in the Valley Brook apartment complex.When they arrived about 12:35 a.m., the man put a knife to Mr. Hamon's neck and demanded money, police said. Mr. Hamon surrendered the cash, and the man ran toward Winborne Drive, police said.

A city police officer shot and wounded a knife-wielding man yesterday after efforts failed to subdue him with Mace and a stun gun, according to a police spokeswoman. Southwestern District Officer Raford D. Moten fired two shots at Tony Yarborough, striking him once in each arm during a tense standoff at a home in the 4000 block of Woodridge Road in Southwest Baltimore, the spokeswoman said. Officers were called to the house about 12:20 p.m. after receiving reports that a man bent on suicide was there.

City police have charged two women - one who was released from jail recently after prosecutors dropped armed carjacking charges against her - in connection at least four knife-point robberies in the Federal Hill area, a spokesman said.  Officers received a report of a robbery Thursday night at about 7 p.m. in the 900 block of Harden Pl. and a description of the suspects was broadcast to officers. They found the two suspects walking in the 1100 block of Hanover St., said Detective Jeremy Silbert, a police spokesman.  Police arrested Sharticia Bryant, 21, and Keaira Vanzandt, 19, and have charged them in the Thursday robbery.

Baltimore County police on Monday identified the officer who fatally shot a man who police said was wielding a knife and couldn't be stopped with a Taser. They said Officer Farrelly, an eight-year veteran of the department, was the officer involved and has not previously been involved in other departmental shootings. He is in the patrol division at Precinct No., 1, Wilkens, according to police. His first name was not released. The officer was placed on administrative leave, a routine practice for officer-involved shootings.