Valley Park Man Stabbed Mother's Boyfriend In Fight Over Food, Police Say

A Valley Park man is accused of stabbing his mother’s boyfriend in the arm Feb. 11 in Riverview in an argument over food.

Maurice Conner, 24, of the first block of Cheryl Lane in Valley Park, was charged Fb. 12 with second-degree assault.

St. Louis County Police said Conner was at his mother’s boyfriend’s home, and two young children in the residence had not been fed. When Conner went into the kitchen to get them some food, the boyfriend objected and the two argued, police said.

Witnesses told police that during the argument Conner picked up a kitchen knife and stabbed the man in the arm.

Conner told police he had picked up two knives and dropped one as the man chest-bumped him. Conner said the man repeatedly chest-bumping him and as he was bumping him, he was accidentally stabbed with the knife.

The man was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment.

Conner was being held in St. Louis County jail Friday. Bail was set at $25,000, cash only.

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