“McLaughlin grabbed a knife sharpening tool from the kitchen...”
Not the sharpest tool in the toolbox when one doesn’t grab the sharpest tool in the kitchen.
Although those steel rod things would be dangerous.
Be funny if it was one of those cheap multi sharpeners with the little wheels and made out of plastic.
Grab a weapon, and break in - felony.
Break in and grab a weapon - misdemeanor.
Shows he learned something in prison.
He must have been feeling a little edgy but not too sharp.