Inset: De’siya Parker (Baltimore PD). Background: The area in Baltimore where Parker allegedly stabbed a 35-year-old victim (WMAR).
A 21-year-old woman from Maryland has been apprehended nearly three weeks following an alleged incident where she pepper-sprayed another woman in the face and then stabbed her several times outside a strip club in Baltimore. Authorities have announced that De’Siya A. Parker was detained on Monday and now faces multiple felony charges, including attempted first and second-degree murder, assault, and reckless endangerment.
As detailed in a news release issued by the Baltimore Police Department, Parker is alleged to have attacked and stabbed a 35-year-old woman outside a gentlemen’s club located in the 400 block of East Baltimore Street. The incident occurred around 12:45 a.m. on May 25.
Following a preliminary investigation, authorities were able to track down Parker and place her under arrest on June 9.
According to documents reviewed by Baltimore NBC affiliate WBAL, law enforcement officers were already present in the vicinity conducting a routine check when they witnessed two women engaging in a physical fight in front of Club Pussycat. With assistance from onlookers, the police reportedly intervened to break up the confrontation and separate the individuals involved.
Both women were reportedly searched and were not found to be carrying any weapons.
A few moments after the initial fight was broken up, police said Parker could be heard saying, “Someone going to die tonight,” but noted in a probable cause affidavit that they knew Parker was unarmed at the time. Parker was then seen walking away from the scene.
Later that evening, police said Parker returned to the same strip club while the victim was outside talking to a man who worked at Club Pussycat, which is when the alleged knife attack took place.
The man told police he was speaking with the victim when Parker walked by, staring at the victim, Baltimore ABC affiliate WMAR reported. He allegedly saw Parker pull out a can of pepper spray and point it at the victim’s face, leading to another fight between the women. After a brief scuffle, the victim fell to the ground bleeding and Parker fled southbound on foot.
Parker was reportedly wearing a braided wig that was found at the scene along with a pocket knife.
An employee at nearby Crazy John’s Restaurant and Arcade told investigators that after the first altercation with the victim, Parker came in and tried to purchase a pocketknife but was turned away because she was “irate,” WMAR reported. Police were later able to confirm that Parker was then able to get a pocketknife at Stop 1 Grocery Plus, just down the block from Crazy John’s.
Surveillance footage from a nearby Krispy Krunchy Chicken reportedly captured Parker pepper-spraying and then stabbing the victim, who was rushed to a nearby hospital and treated for injuries to her lower back, wrist and shoulder.
Parker was transported to the Central Booking Intake Facility, where she remained as of Thursday afternoon, records show.
