Crime & Safety
Man Charged In Harford Park Stabbing
The victim was allegedly stabbed during a drug deal.
A Parkville man has been arrested and charged with stabbing another man during a drug deal in the Harford Park neighborhood Saturday night.
Joshua Ritter, 28, of the 2500 block of Wycliffe Road has been charged with attempted first-degree murder, armed robbery and first-degree assault, according to police spokeswoman Cpl. Cathleen Batton. Ritter is being held without bail at the Baltimore County Detention Center.
Police say that around 9:25 p.m. Mar. 16, officers responded to the 2500 block of Creighton Avenue for a subject with a stab wound.
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Ritter and another man had been in a car near the intersection of Creighton Avenue and Park Place doing a drug deal when Ritter pulled out a knife and demanded drugs from the victim, Batton said.
Ritter then stabbed him several times, took the drugs and ran off, Batton said.
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Police said the victim's injuries are non-life-threatening.
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