St. Paul woman terrorizes family with knife, gasoline, flaming sock, charges say

Pioneer Press ^ | 6-12-14 | Tad Vezner

[TurboZamboni]

After striking her mother's boyfriend in the head with a cooking pot and chasing him up and down the street with a butcher's knife, a St. Paul woman soaked her mother's home in gasoline, left a flaming sock on the stove and fled in her underwear before she was arrested, according to a criminal complaint filed Wednesday. Sabrina Lajewel Grey, 22, was charged with first-degree attempted arson, second-degree assault and two counts of terroristic threats in Ramsey County District Court for a harrowing Tuesday evening domestic incident that escalated to a degree that shocked some first-responders.

[TurboZamboni]

Pappa was a rolling stone. Momma was a flaming sock.

[cuban leaf]

I can understand the knife, but the flaming sock is over the top. They should throw the book at her.

[Buckeye Battle Cry]

Flaming sock? Sounds like the name of a grunge band.

[cuban leaf]

Thanks to the context, that was one of the funniest things I’ve read in s LONG time.

[The Great RJ]

To end this violence the government better ban knives,gasoline and especially socks. (sarcasm)

[House Atreides]

“...The mother told police Grey has an unspecified mental illness...”
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She obviously needs to be committed until she’s not a danger to herself or others. Very sad situation both for the daughter and her family.

[DManA]

Then it got less funny:

The 20-year-old woman fled with her daughter.

[PapaBear3625]

I can understand the knife, but the flaming sock is over the top. They should throw the book at her.

She doused the house in gasoline, and left behind an ignition source. When gasoline vapors reach a critical density, you get ignition. Boom!

[dead]

My mom used to terrorize us with a flaming sock all the time.

Coolest mom ever.

[Iron Munro]

Sabrina Lajewel?

She’ll be on Jerry Springer as soon as they spring ‘er.

[ExTexasRedhead]

Any RATs calling for a ban on knives and socks yet? Calling Eyeballs Piglosi and Hairy Reid.

[defconw]

I was hoping for a picture. But I know it's the Amish again! Now had she put her sock on a gas stove, she'd gotten a lot more bang for her buck. :)

[dblshot]

Maybe she is from Alabama.
ROGERSVILLE, Alabama – Ah, that feeling of stepping outside barefoot at the first sign of spring. For sailors, removal of winter socks also marks the beginning of boating season. To celebrate the onset of their favorite season, local boaters are planning to host a sock-burning event, a traditional maritime rite, for the first time in north Alabama, according to Amy Gonzalez with Wheeler Yacht Club. Members are inviting boaters and the public to join them in burning their socks in a “Free the Tootsies!” event from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday. The event will be in front of the store at Wheeler Marina at 4403 McLean Drive in Rogersville. “The purpose of the sock burning is to shed your winter socks and celebrate the upcoming spring equinox, which is March 20,” Gonzalez said. “As boaters, we cherish the coming of spring and boating season.” Gonzalez said she got the idea for the event in September while sailing with friends in Virginia. “Apparently, it’s a coastal thing,” she said. “So I investigated it and brought it up at our planning meeting as something we could do here.” She’s expecting 30 to 50 people and everyone’s welcome.

[lee martell]

The 20 y/o was referring to the man’s own daughter and grandchild, I think. I don’t know what Crazy Girl’s mom was doing this whole time or why they didn’t just call the police in the beginning. The interior of that home is ruined due to gasoline being spilled over every surface.

[jiggyboy]

Where to start. Three adults each with children and not a one of em married as far as I can tell.

[COBOL2Java]

According to the Ramsey County Sheriff's Department, she's been charged with

• ATTEMPTED MURDER - FELONY [F-MURDER]
• ASSAULT - FELONY [F-ASSAULT]
• CRIMINAL DAMAGE TO PROPERTY - FELONY [F- DAM TO PRSOt. PP]
• ARSON [F-ARSON]

[jiggyboy]

She has her own 2-year old daughter per the article, unless that’s a combination typo and sloppy bookkeeping.

[areukiddingme1]

[jiggyboy]

F-DAM indeed.