For Immediate Release October 23, 2007 

Contact: Corey Welford/Meredith Lerner 617-679-6522

Twenty-Year-Old College Student Arraigned In Connection With Stabbing Of Ex-Boyfriend

CAMBRIDGE – Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone informed the public today that a twenty-year-old college student was arrested and arraigned today in connection with an incident in which she is alleged to have stabbed her ex-boyfriend multiple times. The incident occurred on the campus of MIT University where the victim is a student.

Anna Tang, 20, a student at Wellesley College, was arrested this morning and then arraigned this afternoon in Cambridge District Court on charges of armed assault with intent to murder and home invasion. Judge Sevelin Singleton ordered Tang held pending a 58A dangerousness hearing to be held on October 30 at 2 p.m. in Cambridge District Court.

“We allege that the defendant traveled to MIT last night, entered her ex-boyfriend’s dorm room, and then stabbed him multiple times while he was in his bed,” District Attorney Leone said. “We believe this to be an isolated incident done with specific intent to critically harm the defenseless victim.”

According to authorities, at approximately 6:28 this morning, Cambridge Police responded to 500 Memorial Drive for a reported stabbing. The building is an MIT dorm building with multiple dorm rooms inside. Upon arrival at the scene, the victim was found in his room bleeding profusely from multiple stab wounds.

After speaking with the victim, Anna Tang was established as a suspect when he indicated that she had attacked him and that she was his ex-girlfriend. Tang was later found in the same dorm building. Tang’s jacket was found covered with blood and a black folding “buck” knife was found in her backpack. She was immediately arrested and placed into custody by Cambridge Police.

Upon further investigation, it is alleged that the defendant entered into the victim’s dorm room while he was asleep. The victim indicated that he awoke in his bed to find the defendant on top of him and repeatedly stabbing him.

The victim was transported to a Boston hospital where he is being treated for his injuries. The name of the victim is being withheld pending family notification.

These charges are allegations, and the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty.

The prosecutor who handled the arraignment was Assistant District Attorney Suzanne Kontz, chief of the Middlesex District Attorney’s Domestic Violence Unit. The case is being investigated by MIT police and Cambridge Police.

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