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Two or more separate fights broke out at Brockbridge Correctional Facility, a minimum security facility in Jessup, on August 20. Multiple stabbings were reported with at least eight inmates injured, one seriously.

A group of men was leaving a crab feast in Lanham on July 31, when an argument broke out over a woman. Police are searching for a father and son who are accused of stabbing and wounding four men, one critically.

23-year-old medical researcher Stephen Pitcairn was walking home from the train station last week around 11:00 pm when he was stopped by an man and woman who demanded money. After he gave up his wallet, Pitcairn was stabbed in the chest. A nearby resident heard a scream and saw Pitcairn lying on his stomach. The resident called 911 and stayed with Pitcairn until he expired. At the time of the robbery, Pitcairn had been talking on the phone with his mother who reportedly overheard the entire event.Police arrested and charged Lavelva Merritt, 24, and John Alexander Wagner, 34, both of whom have long criminal records. According to detectives, Merritt reported that she and Wagner were out “hunting to rob someone.”

A 30-year-old man was stabbed in the upper torso and robbed around 11 p.m. in Glen Burnie. The victim reported that he was confronted by three teens who stabbed him, stole his wallet and cell phone, then fled the scene on foot. The victim was taken to Shock Trauma for treatment.