Martial arts expert charged with fork stabbing
By Elizabeth Dinan
edinan@seacoastonline.com
January 11, 2008 12:03 PM
PORTSMOUTH — A local martial arts expert stabbed a woman who was trying to break up with him with a fork, knocked a cell phone out of her hand as she tried to call for help and forced her to the ground, say police.
Based on those allegations, police arrested Alain Brown, 45, of 1338 Woodbury Ave., on a felony count of simple assault and misdemeanor charges of simple assault and obstructing the report of a crime.
The felony complaint alleges Brown stabbed the victim in the shoulder with the intent to cause her bodily harm. The obstructing the report of a crime charge alleges he knocked a cell phone out of the woman’s hand when she began calling police, then smashed it. The misdemeanor assault charge alleges he pushed the woman in the chest, knocking her to the ground.
According to an affidavit filed with the district court by Officer David Keaveny, when he responded to Brown’s residence Thursday night, he found the victim “crying and visibly upset,” with a bloodied hole in her shirt and her skin punctured from a fork wound.
Keaveny’s statement includes the victim’s assertion that the alleged crimes were committed after she went to Brown’s residence to end a relationship with him, that he stabbed her with the fork multiple times, had struck her in the past and she was “scared of him.”
During a Friday arraignment, prosecutor Corey MacDonald said Brown was a martial arts expert with a criminal history including drug possession with intent to distribute, several simple assault convictions, criminal trespassing, receiving stolen property and reckless conduct.
“He chased her down and stabbed her with a fork on more than one occasion,” said MacDonald, while petitioning the court for high bail.
Brown told the judge he is a self-employed contractor and acknowledged his martial arts expertise.
“All those criminal things (MacDonald) said are in my past,” Brown told Judge Sawako Gardner. “I’ve been out of trouble for a long time.”
After reviewing his criminal history, the judge reminded Brown of a 2005 conviction for trespassing, a 1998 simple assault conviction and a 1994 guilty finding for reckless conduct.
Brown told the court he could not post cash bail but owns his home, before the judge set bail at $10,000 cash or surety and $10,000 personal recognizance.
He was ordered to have no contact with the victim and a witness, not to possess any firearms, dangerous weapons or ammunition and return to the court for a Jan. 27 probable cause hearing.