Crime & Safety
Baltimore Highlands Woman Charged in Occupy Baltimore Stabbing
Desiree Patrice Nicholson, 23, charged with stabbing victim, reportedly over a cat.
Baltimore police have charged a Baltimore Highlands woman in the stabbing of a 24-year-old victim at the Occupy Baltimore encampment in McKeldin Square at the Inner Harbor.
Desiree Patrice Nicholson, 23, of the unit block of Twin Circle Way, was charged with assault.
According to police, officers responded to McKeldin Square shortly after midnight on Dec. 4 for a report of an assault. The victim said that she had a dispute with Nicholson "because she [Nicholson] wasn't taking care of her cat," according to police.
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The victim said that Nicholson kicked her in the stomach, then stabbed her on the left arm and thigh.
Nicholson was taken into custody, and the victim was transported to Johns Hopkins for treatment of her injuries, where she was reported in stable condition, according to police.
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