(CAMBRIDGE, Md.) - Assault, reckless endangerment and disturbing school operations are just some of the charges a few teens at a Dorchester County high school are facing. It's the result of an in-school brawl, which left one student with a wound to the hand.
It was calm outside of Cambridge-South Dorchester High School Tuesday.
The same couldn't be said Monday morning, when a brawl broke out in the school's library.
"There were two young female students that had been involved in a physical altercation," Dorchester County Sheriff, James Phillips Jr. told WRDE.
One 16 and the other 17 were allegedly feuding all weekend long, through text messages, over a boy. Authorities believe that feud violently spilled over into the school day.
"During that altercation it was alleged the 16 year-old stabbed the 17 year-old," said Phillips.
Officers said they initially believed the victim was stabbed with an ink pen, but said through the cooperation of students and staff, they were able to realize the victim was stabbed with a knife -- at least three inches in length.
That knife, allegedly, had been passed off to an 18 year-old male student, who tried to conceal it from authorities.
Up the road, Doretha Sampson, whose grand-daughter attended the school up until recently, tells us she thinks more security is needed.
"I think they need some type of detection to keep children from taking weapons to school...when a fight is going on they're going to use anything they can get their hands on," Sampson said while sitting her living room.
Schools superintendent, Dr. Henry Wagner says there are no metal detectors inside Cambridge-South.
While the high school's principal sent a letter to parents, in part reading:
"The Dorchester County Sheriff's Office and Dorchester County Public Schools will take all appropriate actions concerning this incident.
Sampson believes the whole incident in unfortunate.
"It doesn't make much sense to be fighting over a boy."
Considering the two girls now face a slew of charges, including first degree assault, second degree assault, reckless endangerment and disturbing school operations.
The 16-year-old female will be charged as an adult. She is identified as Taya Danielle Jones of Miles Avenue in Cambridge.
The 18-year-old, who allegedly tried to dispose of the weapon, will also face charges. Details of what charges he'll face have yet to be released.