Man arrested for throwing knife at car
Two children were present during the incident.
Published Oct. 22, 2010
A suspect was arrested this week on suspicion of throwing a knife at a car while two children were inside it.
The incident stemmed from an incident in August at 2300 Parker St., Columbia Police Department spokeswoman Jessie Haden said. The victim, 32, was with her two children at the time. One child was just a few weeks old, and the other was 18 months old.
When police arrived at the scene, the victim told them she had been held against her will. When other officers arrived, they approached suspect Fredrick Kemp and discovered there was an active order of protection against him.
The victim told police Kemp came to the apartment, and the two got into an argument.
“She just wanted to leave with the children,” Haden said. “He said she could leave, but not with the children.”
Haden said Kemp stood in the doorway, blocking the victim from exiting. The victim then called an acquaintance, who came over to the house.
The friend took the youngest child out of the house through another door, Haden said.
“He must have gotten distracted or something, because they were able to get the 18-month-old in the car.”
Haden said eventually, the suspect realized the children were no longer in the apartment.
“That’s when he went at the car with a large knife in his hand,” she said. “The knife actually fell apart when it hit the car.”
The knife struck the car in the right rear passenger door, and the friend drove away. She came back when police officers were in the neighborhood, and the situation was stable.
“He was arrested and brought to the police department to be processed, but he didn’t actually go to jail,” Haden said.
A warrant was requested for the charges, because he was taken to the hospital for a medical condition unrelated to the incident. The Boone County Sheriff’s Department arrested Kemp this week for the incident, Haden said.