NEWS NEARBY: Valley Park Man Stabbed Mother's Boyfriend In Fight Over Food, Police Say
St. Louis County Police said Maurice Conner, 24, stabbed the man in the arm after the boyfriend objected to him preparing food for children in his Riverview home.
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*The following information was supplied by court documents. It does not indicate a conviction where an arrest was made.
A Valley Park man is accused of stabbing his mother’s boyfriend in the arm Feb. 11 in Riverview in an argument over food.
Maurice Conner, 24, of the first block of Cheryl Lane in Valley Park, was charged Fb. 12 with second-degree assault.
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St. Louis County Police said Conner was at his mother’s boyfriend’s home, and two young children in the residence had not been fed. When Conner went into the kitchen to get them some food, the boyfriend objected and the two argued, police said.
Witnesses told police that during the argument Conner picked up a kitchen knife and stabbed the man in the arm.
Conner told police he had picked up two knives and dropped one as the man chest-bumped him. Conner said the man repeatedly chest-bumping him and as he was bumping him, he was accidentally stabbed with the knife.
The man was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment.
Conner was being held in St. Louis County jail Friday. Bail was set at $25,000, cash only.
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Debra Williams
7:30 am on Monday, February 25, 2013
FINALLY, a journalist and/or news publication who clearly shows the source of the information and does not convict one based upon a police report or anything. THANK YOU! Your reporting has gone up in my estimation. As we live in a free country and do not convict people based upon court records, or police reports, or allegations....it is relief to see 'news' reported with its source provided.
I'm not sure all people know that court documents have two sides, a prosecution and defense or a petitioner and respondent...also that there are many many steps to go from initial 'filings' to resolution. But, I am very proud of you.
While I have no knowledge of this case, these people, or interest in its outcome, your publication and reporting has gone up exponentially in my eyes. Thank you again. I hope you stay true to this standard. You may be the only one in the country to do so.