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Fled into woods with young child

By John C. Drake, Globe Staff | September 21, 2007

Massachusetts State Police have arrested a woman who fled into the woods last night after a serious stabbing near the ramp from Interstate 93 to Route 24 south in Randolph.
State Police said the woman had a young child with her at the time.
The woman, whose age and identity were not released, is accused of stabbing the driver of a tractor-trailer several times while he was driving on Interstate 93. No other details were released.
The man, whose identity also was not released, was taken to Boston Medical Center with "very serious" injuries, said Sergeant Mike Rafferty, a State Police spokesman.
The woman was captured within minutes of the stabbing in the woods near the ramp, Rafferty said. She was being held at the Milton Barracks.
The relationship between the truck driver and the woman was unclear, and the age of the child was also not available.
Police said that several troopers working paid details in the area responded to the call, which came in at 8:27 p.m.
An arraignment is scheduled for 9 a.m. today in Quincy District Court, David Traub, a spokesman for Norfolk District Attorney William R. Keating, said.
Keating went to the scene briefly last night, anticipating that investigators may have been dealing with a homicide, Traub said. But officials later determined it was unlikely that the man's injuries would be fatal.
According to WCVB-TV, Channel 5, the truck veered to the side of the highway, where it crashed into a guardrail.
Investigators at the scene said the man fled from the truck and fell to the pavement after the stabbing, according to the station.

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Posted by: kwflatbed

Woman charged in stabbing

Truck driver stable after attack on 128


Deka Artan (left), 21, was arraigned yesterday in Quincy.
Ifratt Robinson served as translator for Artan, who speaks
Somali.
(Rose Lincoln for The Boston Globe)



By Brian R. Ballou, Globe Staff | September 22, 2007

A Somalian woman who entered the United States about 18 months ago as a refugee was charged yesterday in Quincy District Court with trying to stab her boyfriend to death as he drove a tractor-trailer along Route 128 south in Randolph Thursday night.
The victim, Mustafa Warsame, 38, brought the truck to a stop in the breakdown lane, hitting the guardrail. He staggered out and told a witness, "My girlfriend stabbed me," before collapsing on the pavement.
A prosecutor said the defendant, Deka Artan, 21, ran from the scene with her 2-year-old daughter, but stopped a short distance later.
Assistant Norfolk District Attorney Michael Connolly said the motive was "domestic in nature."
Warsame was initially listed in critical condition at an undisclosed hospital, but his status was upgraded to stable yesterday. Artan told authorities that Warsame is her husband and that she lives in Tempe, Ariz., although it was unclear where Warsame lives.
She was charged with assault to murder and assault with a dangerous weapon. She pleaded not guilty and was ordered held on $25,000 cash bail, half the amount prosecutors sought.
The prosecutor said Artan carried out the attack while her daughter was in the truck. The toddler was put in the temporary custody of the Department of Social Services.
According to court records, Artan gave brief responses in English to a state trooper who arrested her, at one point telling him that the weapon was in the truck. But during the arraignment, she relied on a translator.
The drama began just after 8 p.m., when State Police received a 911 call from a witness. The witness, identified in court records as Miquel Martinez of East Boston, had been traveling in another tractor-trailer when he saw Warsame lying on his back.
Martinez said he stopped his truck, approached Warsame, and asked if he was OK. Martinez told authorities he then saw Artan step from the truck with a small child in her arms and walk behind the highway barrier to the fringe of the woods. Martinez then drove his truck about 1,000 feet to the spot where Artan was standing, and he asked her if she was OK, to which she replied, "I need help," according to court records.
Soon after, a trooper arrived and ordered Artan to put the child on the ground and show her hands. After the order was given several times, Artan complied, authorities said.
Artan's defense lawyer, Donald Hart, said his client made the trip to see Boston. He added, "she's a stay-at-home mom with no criminal record."
Connolly had requested $50,000 cash bail, citing Artan's residency status. But Hart said: "She is not a flight risk; she waited and didn't try to take off," he said, referring to his client's actions after the alleged attack.

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