Word: knifepoint
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Buffalo, a local man, Charles Smith, 23, held his 18-month-old daughter hostage at knifepoint in an attempt to hijack an American Airlines 707 at Greater Buffalo International airport. He had previously stabbed his estranged wife and her boy friend, neither fatally, before FBI agents, relatives and ministers talked him into surrendering...
...state requires corroboration of the victim's testimony. Family Court Judge Nanette Dembitz gave a twist to the rules in the case of a 13-year-old Manhattan youth. In three separate instances, the boy had entered a housing project immediately behind a girl, forced her at knifepoint to ride the elevator to the top floor, led her to the roof, placed her personal property on a window ledge, and forced her to undress. According to Judge Dembitz, the three cases corroborated one another: "The method of operation was sufficiently similar and distinctive to establish a likelihood that...
...state brought charges of assault and armed robbery against Harrison who allegedly demanded that a policeman surrender his gun at knifepoint and then wounded him in the hand during the protest...
...Harrison is also charged with armed robbery. He allegedly demanded at knifepoint that a policeman hand over...
Harrison is also charged with armed robbery. He allegedly demanded that a policeman hand over his gun at knifepoint...