Crime & Safety
12-Year-Old Boy Stabbed in Columbia by Savage Man: Police
A 51-year-old Savage man allegedly knifed a boy on Dobbin Road Thursday afternoon, Howard County said.
COLUMBIA, MD — A Savage man is charged with assault and other offenses after police allege he stabbed a 12-year-old boy on Dobbin Road.
The boy and an adult relative were standing near the 6300 block of Dobbin Road when they got into an argument with an acquaintance around 1:40 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 21, according to police.
The acquaintance allegedly stabbed the 12-year-old with a knife, police reported. The boy was taken to Howard County General Hospital for treatment of injuries that the Howard County Police Department said were minor.
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Andris Gertson, 51, of the 9700 block of Baltimore Street in Savage, was arrested and charged with first and second-degree assault, reckless endangerment and disorderly conduct.
According to court records, Gertson was being held on $100,000 bail and was slated to appear for a preliminary hearing in Howard County District Court on Nov. 17.
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