<div id="id_53e0428c1b2bb8927863251" class="text_exposed_root text_exposed"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{";tn";:";K";}">Hancock, Md. &#8212; 08/04/2014&#8212; According to <strong>Washington County Md. Sheriff&#8217;s</strong> deputies an oversize child went berserk and stabbed his grandma. </span></div>
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<div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{";tn";:";K";}"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{";tn";:";K";}">Deputies say that on 8-4-2014 at 8:35 AM Sheriff Deputies were dispatched to <strong>13704 Orchard Ridge Road</strong> in Hancock MD in reference to an out of control 6-year-old child that had stabbed his grandmother and was attempting to stab her again as well as his mother. </span></span></div>
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<div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{";tn";:";K";}"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{";tn";:";K";}">All persons involved were inside of the home.<br />
</span></span>Upon arrival at the home Deputies made entry and were confronted by the 6 year old child who appeared larger <span class="text_exposed_hide">&#8230;</span><span class="text_exposed_show">than normal for a 6 year old and weighed approximately 100 pounds. The male child immediately charged at deputies and had a large butcher type knife in each hand. As the male charged at the Deputies and was waving both knives in a slashing motion and attempting to stab the Deputies. </span></p>
<p><strong><em>One shot of pepper spray was sprayed at the child</em> </strong>which caused him to drop the knives and fall to the ground. The child was then taken into custody without further incident and transported to the Mertitus Medical Center for a mental evaluation. No criminal charges are being filed at this time due to the age of the child. The child was not harmed as a result of the pepper spray. No Deputies were injured.</p>
<p>The child’s grandmother did suffer a laceration on her hand but refused medical treatment.</p>
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