Argument over stolen meatball led to stabbing

A dispute between two employees of a business in Fallston, Maryland, over a stolen meatball led to a stabbing on Thursday, the Harford County Sheriff's Office said.

Deputies were called to the business at around 11:10am, where they learned there had been an altercation over one employee eating the other's meatball from his lunch, Sheriff's Office spokesperson Cristie Kahler said.



An argument ensued and the employee who had eaten the meatball was stabbed in the arm by the employee whose lunch he had taken the meatball from, Kahler said.

The assailant, a 31-year-old Edgewood man, fled the scene. The victim, a 36-year-old Aberdeen man, was taken to a local hospital and later discharged. Charges are pending, Kahler said.