Marquesa Bryant

Name of Accused:
Bryant, Marquesa Jashuandra

Date of Arrest:
10/18/2024

Charges For Arrest:
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT-KNIFE/CUTTING TOOL
CRUELTY TO CHILD 2ND DEGREE: NEGLIGENCE/PHYSICAL/MENTAL PAIN CHILD
HOME INVASION 1ST DEGREE
POSS OF FIREARM OR KNIFE DURING CERTAIN FELONIES
Officer’s Narrative:
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On October 18, 2024, at 0804 hours, I, Officer Everhart, responded in an emergency manner to [500 BLOCK] Ware Street about a person stabbed. Upon arrival, E911 gave the information of a female named Marquesa, who stabbed a male in the back. E911 was advised that Marquesa no longer had the knife.
When I arrived, I saw a female and an infant child sitting on the porch. The front door and the screen door of the house were both shut. I asked the female for her name, and she stated that she was Marquesa. I asked her where the other individuals were, and she told me they were all inside. The front door opened, and VICTIM #1 allowed me inside. As Captain Strickland spoke with Marquesa on the porch, other officers arrived on the scene.
I asked [VICTIM #1] to show me where he was injured. He turned away from me and showed me two bandaids on the lower side of his back. I asked him if he would allow AMR to check on him, and he stated he planned on going to the hospital later and declined AMR. While I talked with [VICTIM #1] about the incident, he told me it had transpired in the hallway. I explained to everyone in the home, [VICTIM #1], [REDACTED] ([VICTIM #1]s father), and [VICTIM #1]’s mother (unknown name), not to enter the hallway until the detectives completed their investigation. I stood by the hallway entrance to secure it.
[VICTIM #1] explained that Marquesa Bryant is his cousin. He said Bryant entered his home without permission and started looking for him. He said she came into the house yelling and arguing with him as she was searching for him. He did not specify any statements that were said. He said when Marquesa located him in his bedroom, she began to throw strikes at him. He said he grabbed a 5- lb dumbbell for protection but did not strike her with it.
[VICTIM #1] said they were in a tussle that started at his bedroom downstairs and traveled to the end of the hallway. [VICTIM #1] stated he did not see the knife until after she stabbed him with it. He described it as a knife that was a step above a butter knife. He said he believed she brought it from her house.
[VICTIM #1] said he had several missed calls from Marquesa this morning but was asleep, so he missed them. He said they argued on October 17, 2024, because she would not let him in her house to visit with his cousins (her children.) [VICTIM #1] stated that after they argued about him missing a visit with the children, he told her he would not take her to a job interview. [VICTIM #1] said he believes that this is why Marquesa came this morning.
Detective Randazzo finished his investigation.
[End of Narrative]