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Ex-boyfriend repeatedly stabs star Florida high school softball player before cutting own throat
NY Post ^ | 06/05/2023 | Selim Algar

Posted on 06/06/2023 9:18:53 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

The crazed ex-boyfriend of a popular Florida high school softball star repeatedly stabbed his former flame before cutting his own throat in a desperate suicide bid, cops said.

The grisly, broad-daylight assault in posh Ponte Vedra Beach near Jacksonville was interrupted only after a courageous good Samaritan spotted the frenzied attack and intervened, according to police.

Madison Schemitz, 17, a rising senior at Ponte Vedra High School, was eating at a restaurant Saturday with her mother, Jackie Roge, and friend Casey Estep when they spotted Spencer Pearson, a recent graduate of the school and a former football player.

Estep told local reporters that Schemitz had recently broken up with the 18-year-old and that he had since threatened her with violence.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Conspiracy; Local News; Society; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: assault; boyfriend; crime; flordia; softball; stabs
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This is a case of, If I can't have her nobody will.
1 posted on 06/06/2023 9:18:53 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Wait, a GUY and a softball player?


2 posted on 06/06/2023 9:21:48 AM PDT by struggle
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Why post this? This is not Jerry Springer.


3 posted on 06/06/2023 9:22:17 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: ChicagoConservative27

So....does that mean being the sister to 5 siblings extend the road to recovery?


4 posted on 06/06/2023 9:29:37 AM PDT by txeagle
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I wonder if weed was a contributing factor? There is a lot of weed (Mary Jane) use down there. Along with all the differeing forms of THC delivery (gummies, dabs, vapes etc...), it has become readily available and is quite odiferous at intersections. I was somewhat taken aback by the omnipresence of its use. That was 5 years ago, I cannot imagine its use has diminished.


5 posted on 06/06/2023 9:37:31 AM PDT by Clutch Martin ("The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right." )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Kudos to young Mr. Armstrong, who rushed in to help rather than record the event on his cell phone.


6 posted on 06/06/2023 9:45:01 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

> Why post this? <

FR does get its share of sensationalism. But I suppose there is some value in reminding naive folks that evil exists everywhere. So try not to let your guard down too much.


7 posted on 06/06/2023 9:46:07 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Just be careful of the type of boy your daughters date, some are very violent and domestic violence among youth is not uncommon.


8 posted on 06/06/2023 9:53:02 AM PDT by Round Earther
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Why post this? This is not Jerry Springer.

I don't disagree with the sentiment, but in actuality our whole nation has become the Jerry Springer show.

9 posted on 06/06/2023 9:58:18 AM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The boy is a handsome, talented athlete. Would think no problem finding another girlfriend. Anti-depressants? This world is going insane.


10 posted on 06/06/2023 10:00:08 AM PDT by montag813
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Many crime stories are posted here. Crime is news, too.

And, in this case, a bystander jumped in to save the victims and suffered injury himself.

This story deserves a thread on FR.


11 posted on 06/06/2023 10:00:09 AM PDT by Tired of Taxes
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> And, in this case, a bystander jumped in to save the victims and suffered injury himself. <

Yes, indeed. If there is anything good about this story, it’s that a hero stepped in. God bless him.


12 posted on 06/06/2023 10:04:12 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: Tired of Taxes

As a side note, this story illustrates the importance of a good guy always having a weapon available. It doesn’t have to be a firearm. Some folks just aren’t into that.

But police-grade pepper spray can work (Sabre and Fox are good brands). Or maybe even a baseball bat in the trunk of your car. The hero in this particular story was in his car when he heard the girl’s screams. A Louisville Slugger would have come in handy.


13 posted on 06/06/2023 10:11:16 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: struggle

“Wait, a GUY and a softball player?”

Sure looks like a girl to me!


14 posted on 06/06/2023 10:14:20 AM PDT by TexasGator
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To: Clutch Martin

I was thinking of steroids so he could bulk up for college.


15 posted on 06/06/2023 11:00:24 AM PDT by ryderann
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I was thinking it was the knife’s fault.


16 posted on 06/06/2023 11:43:49 AM PDT by Freest Republican (This space for rent)
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Steroids can make you nutty so that knifing someone feels right.


17 posted on 06/06/2023 11:59:41 AM PDT by ryderann
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To: Leaning Right

Agreed. Different weapons can work as protection for different people. Maybe one of the weapons you listed would’ve kept this young hero from being injured himself. Whatever the case, kudos to him for saving the day, and I hope he and the other victims recover fully.


18 posted on 06/06/2023 12:16:12 PM PDT by Tired of Taxes
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To: montag813

Murder-Suicide is often SSRIs.


19 posted on 06/06/2023 12:28:09 PM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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Madison is a girl’s name...


20 posted on 06/06/2023 1:03:47 PM PDT by Does so ( 🇺🇦...................."Who is Ray Epps?" should be overstamped on every piece of currency.)
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