16-year-old charged with stabbing two other teenagers

The three teens were fighting over a marijuana sale, according to the FCSO.

  • By Observer Staff
  • | 6:45 p.m. August 2, 2023
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A 16-year-old boy stabbed two other teens on July 30 over a marijuana sale, according to the Flagler County Sheriff's Office.

The two victims were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The stabbing happened in the BL Section of Palm Coast.

The 16-year-old and the two other boys began fist-fighting when the boys could not pay for a mixture of marijuana and Italian spices the 16-year-old was trying to sell them, according to a press release from the FCSO.

But during the fight, the 16-year-old pulled out a pocket knife and stabbed one of the other boys, then stabbed the second boy as he was helping the first.

Detectives arrested the 16-year-old on Aug. 2. 

He is charged with using or displaying a weapon during a felony and two counts of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.

 

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