Perry Hall Man Charged with Attempted Murder

SYKESVILLE, MD — A Perry Hall man is charged with attempted murder and other offenses after he allegedly tried to attack his grandmother with knives while staying at her apartment in Sykesville, sources say.

Alex Fields, 20, of the 4800 block of Forge Acre Drive, is charged with attempted first-degree murder, first and second-degree assault, reckless endangerment and possession of a deadly weapon with intent to injure, according to court records.

The charges stem from a Sept. 20 incident in Carroll County.

Fields had been staying with his grandparents at the Sykesville Apartments, where his grandmother awoke from a nap to find the 20-year-old holding a knife to her throat, the Carroll County Times reported. She screamed and ran to another room in the apartment, while Fields allegedly went and got a butcher's knife from the kitchen and a neighbor called 911, then convinced the man to drop the weapon, the report said.

Fields was reportedly taken for an emergency evaluation and booked at the Carroll County Detention Center.

Court records indicate Fields is slated to appear for a preliminary hearing on Oct. 26 in Carroll County District Court for the charges, which include attempted murder.

It was not the first time that Fields was said to have tried to injure a relative.

According to ABC 2 News, Fields had been released from a Delaware mental hospital the day before the incident with his grandmother, whom he allegedly said he wanted dead, and weeks before, he had bitten his mother, hit her eye with a shoe and thrown rocks at her vehicle and a police car that responded.

Fields was charged Aug. 16 with second-degree assault and two counts of malicious destruction of property greater than $1,000, court records show.