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 in Maryland has been arrested nearly three weeks after she allegedly pepper-sprayed another woman in the face before stabbing the victim multiple times outside of a Baltimore strip club. De’Siya A. Parker was taken into custody on Monday and charged with a slew of felonies including attempted first and second-degree murder, assault, and reckless endangerment, authorities announced.
According to a news release from the Baltimore Police Department, Parker is accused of assaulting and stabbing a 35-year-old woman outside an adult entertainment establishment in the 400 block of East Baltimore Street. The incident took place at about 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 court documents obtained by Baltimore NBC affiliate WBAL, police were already in the area performing a routine business check when they saw two women get into a physical altercation in front of Club Pussycat. Police, with the help of bystanders, reportedly broke up the fight and separated the women.
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.
