Father arrested and charged after stabbing 11-year-old son with a screwdriver
Officers with the Baltimore County Police were called to the 4200 block of Maple Path Circle in Nottingham, Maryland, at 10:28 a.m. on May 12 after an 11-year-old boy ran to a neighbor’s house seeking help. The child’s father had struck the boy with an object that caused a puncture wound to his upper body.
The boy’s father, Reginald Eugene Cooper, 40, fought with arriving officers, causing a non-life-threatening injury to one officer before he was taken into custody. The child was transported to an area hospital. The officer was also transported to an area hospital for treatment.
Police reported on May 13 that they had charged the father in the assault that seriously injured his 11-year-old son. The police investigation revealed that Cooper was behaving bizarrely on the morning of the assault and that he stopped a neighbor outside and told her to go into his house to check on his son.
When she did so, Cooper returned and threatened to kill his son, striking him with a screwdriver and causing a puncture wound. He assaulted the neighbor when she tried to leave to get help.
The boy fled the home where another neighbor saw him bleeding and tried to render first aid. Cooper approached and assaulted her, as well as a third neighbor after demanding entry into the man’s home.
When the first officer arrived on the scene, he was directed by witnesses to Cooper, who did not comply with commands and assaulted the officer. Cooper was taken into custody and transported to an area hospital as a precaution based on his behavior, where he was treated and released.
The officer who was also transported to the hospital was also treated and released. The boy remains hospitalized and in stable condition.
Cooper was charged with the following:
- Attempted first degree murder
- Attempted second degree murder
- First degree assault
- Five counts of second-degree assault
- First degree child abuse
- Second degree child abuse
- Use of a dangerous weapon with intent to injure
Cooper is being held on no bail status pending a bail review hearing.
Officials want to remind the public that if you are a victim of domestic violence and are in immediate danger, please call 911. Resources and information about domestic violence are also available online.
(Source: Baltimore County Police)
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