Arizona State University student Kaci Sloan, who's accused of stabbing a fellow student twice in a Glendale classroom final month in an apparently random assault, entered a not-guilty plea in Maricopa County on Wednesday after two of her 4 costs had been dismissed final week.
Maricopa County authorities initially charged Sloan, 19, with 4 counts, together with first-degree attempted murder, in reference to the assault in opposition to student Mara Daffron. After a preliminary listening to on Sept. 30, Sloan now faces costs of aggravated assault with a lethal weapon and disorderly conduct, in line with court docket data.
Judge Ashley Rahaman additionally gave Sloan a money bail of $250,000 and listed the circumstances of her launch ought to she have the ability to put up bail in full.
Sloan allegedly walked as much as her classmate, Daffron, on Sept. 19 and stabbed her “multiple times,” in line with an affidavit obtained by Fox News Digital citing a number of witness accounts.
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Maricopa County authorities charged Kaci Sloan, 19, with aggravated assault with a lethal weapon and disorderly conduct with a weapon in reference to the assault in opposition to student Mara Daffron. (Maricopa County Sheriff's Office)
Matthew McCormick, a student who witnessed the assault unfolding within the classroom, took swift motion to cease the alleged stabbing, doubtlessly saving Daffron's life, according to FOX 10 Phoenix.
“In that moment, I didn't really have a thought going through my head, I just knew that I felt compelled to do something,” McCormick informed the outlet.
“As she was going for a third attack, I was able to grab her wrists and apprehend her before further damage could be done.”
Approximately 13 witnesses current throughout the assault, together with a professor, recounted the incident to police, who wrote in a possible trigger affidavit obtained by Fox News Digital that the stabbing occurred “without any provocation or any words spoken.”
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Mara Daffron was allegedly stabbed twice in her ASU classroom by fellow student Kaci Sloan. (Facebook)
Police corroborated McCormick's account of their report, stating that one of the witnesses “was able to disarm the defendant by pulling the knife away from the defendant's right hand and threw it away from them.” Another witness then “kicked the knife to the back of the classroom.”
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The assault in opposition to Daffron was apparently random, in line with court docket paperwork. (Facebook)
“Another witness described the defendant was sitting in the classroom at a desk and suddenly got up and ran at the victim as the victim entered the classroom and stabbed her multiple times,” the affidavit states.
Detectives discovered a handwritten notice inside Sloan’s backpack that apparently referenced an act she was “about to commit,” but it surely did “not specifically state what she was referring to.”
“After reading her Miranda Rights, the defendant admitted she came to class to hurt somebody and was planning the attack since the night prior.”
Sloan additionally allegedly expressed the need to “hurt somebody” at school that day in an interview with detectives after the incident and focused Daffron as a result of she was “an easier target” than the opposite individual she apparently thought-about attacking, who she known as “a veteran.”
The stabbing occurred in a classroom on ASU's campus on Sept. 19. (FOX 10 Phoenix)
Authorities rapidly arrived on the scene and took Daffron to a close-by hospital, the place she acquired therapy.
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“ASU Police continue to investigate a Sept. 19 on-campus stabbing of a student. Kaci Sloan was immediately detained and arrested on suspicion of first-degree attempted murder; aggravated assault with a deadly weapon; interfering with an educational institution; and disorderly conduct. She is being held on a $250,000 cash only bond,” an ASU spokesperson informed Fox News Digital in a press release. “ASU and the entire ASU West Valley community are deeply saddened by what happened. ASU West Valley is a close-knit campus of students, faculty and staff. Counseling support is available to all.“
Sloan has an preliminary pretrial convention scheduled for Nov. 21.
