Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: MONDAY, March 25, 1991 TAG: 9103250311
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B5 EDITION: EVENING
SOURCE: RON BROWN STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Michael G. Huffman, of the 1000 block of West Campbell Avenue, suffered wounds to the stomach, arm and cheek shortly before 1 a.m.
He was in stable condition at Community Hospital Sunday night.
Witnesses told police that Huffman had left Dell's Bar on Salem Avenue with a man who was causing a disturbance. The man fled the scene with a companion following the stabbing.
Police were told the assailant used a switchblade knife.
In an unrelated stabbing Sunday afternoon, a 29-year-old woman was cut with a butcher knife after she was chased by a 17-year-old and several other people at the Lincoln Terrace housing project.
Police said Tammy R. Rosser, of Forest Park Boulevard, was taken to Community Hospital with knife wounds to her face, head and chest. Hospital officials had no information on her condition today.
Authorities said that Rosser took a 14-year-old girl to Lincoln Terrace to discuss problems she was having with a 17-year-old girl. During a discussion, the 17-year-old turned violent and Rosser fled. The 17-year-old chased her, with several other people joining the chase, police said.
Rosser was knocked to the ground and cut with the knife. Police said the assailant has been identified, and an investigation is continuing.
Roanoke area police agencies Sunday also reported the following incidents:
An encounter with a knife-wielding bandit left a Southwest Roanoke man without his wallet, watch, sneakers and blue jeans. The robber ran after taking the items from James W. Nelson, 41, of the 200 block of Albemarle Avenue, Roanoke police said.
A bandit took $20 and a pizza from a deliveryman for Domino's Pizza Saturday night. Scott D. Johnson, 28, said he was making a delivery to a Garden City Boulevard Southeast address when he learned it was invalid. A man with a dark hooded sweat shirt and red stocking hat approached Johnson, said he had a gun and fled with the pizza and the money.
A 65-year-old Salem man was robbed of $400 after being beaten on the head and back with a baseball bat Friday night after two men approached him from behind. Lynwood H. Booth of Mossberry Street suffered a head laceration and complained about pain in his rib cage. He was treated and released from Community Hospital.
A Northwest Roanoke man told police he was shot in the arm after he was jumped by a group of men in the 1200 block of Loudon Avenue Northwest. Cleveland M. Brown, 38, could give police no reason for the shooting and attack.
by CNB