Crime & Safety

Parking Space Spat Leads To Stabbing At Peninsula 7-Eleven

A 21-year-old woman turned herself in to police and was arrested for suspicion of attempted murder and deadly weapon assault. [Breaking]

SAN MATEO, CA — A 21-year-old woman from San Francisco allegedly stabbed an 18-year-old woman during a dispute over a parking space at a 7-Eleven in San Mateo Monday evening, according to police.

The stabbing was reported around 6:30 p.m. Monday, but the caller was uncertain of the location. Dispatchers determined that the victim was at the convenience store in the 600 block of East Third Avenue.

Responding officers found the victim with cuts on her arm and hand, and she was taken to a hospital. She also provided officers with a description and license plate number of the suspect's vehicle.

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Police allege the suspect, Jessica Greenbaum, approached the victim and started an argument while she was still sitting in her car — then attacked her with a knife and fled the scene in a Volkswagen.

Greenbaum later called dispatch and turned herself in, police said. She was arrested on suspicion of attempted homicide, assault with a deadly weapon and criminal threats.

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Anyone with information that may help the investigation can call (650) 522-7700 or the SMPD Secret Witness Line at (650)522-7676. Anonymous online tips can be made at: http://tinyurl.com/SMPDTips

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