SHORE STABBING INVESTIGATED

(Federalsburg, MD) – Maryland State Police and Federalsburg Police Department officers are investigating an early morning stabbing in Caroline County that left the victim in critical condition.

The victim is identified as James A. Ross, 58, of the 100-block of Greenridge Road, Federalsburg, Md. He is in critical condition at a Delaware hospital.

At about 2:20 a.m. today, Dennis Mann, the victim’s house mate, called the Federalsburg Police Department and reported the victim had been stabbed. Mann told responding officers that when he arrived home just minutes before, he found the victim stabbed and lying in his bed. The victim was conscious, but was bleeding profusely.

Later this morning, Chief Donald Nagel, of the Federalsburg Police Department, contacted the Maryland State Police Homicide Unit and requested investigators assume the investigation. State Police homicide investigators and investigators from the State Police Easton Barracks Criminal Investigation Section responded and continued the investigation, with assistance from Federalsburg Police officers. Maryland State Police crime scene technicians responded to the scene and processed it for evidence.

The description of a suspect or suspects is unknown at this time. Investigators continue to contact individuals in the neighborhood and develop information about who was responsible for this crime.

Anyone with information is urged to contact Maryland State Police at the Easton Barracks, at 410-819-4747. Calls may be kept confidential.