NORTH EAST - A man stands charged with attempted murder and other criminal offenses after he allegedly stabbed a 17-year-old boy in his side with a kitchen knife at a North East residence early Wednesday morning, sending the teen to a hospital, according to Cecil County District Court records.
Investigators identified the suspect as Kenneth Burnett Black, 50, of the unit block of Sycamore Drive, which is where the stabbing occurred.
Charging documents indicate that, during a police interview after his arrest, Black confessed to stabbing the teen â alleging that he did so after the victim had acted as the physical aggressor while hurling homophobic slurs at him.