Bowie man pleads guilty to battery

by Norris P. West SUN STAFF The Baltimore Sun

December 12, 1995 Page(s): 5B
Edition: HOWARD SUN
Section: METRO
Length: 164 words
Index Terms:
NORTH LAUREL
SAVAGE

Record Number: BSUN425718

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A Bowie man pleaded guilty in Howard Circuit Court yesterday to one count of battery in the Jan. 14 attack of a friend in a North Laurel apartment.

Frederick M. Bell, 40, entered his plea before Judge Diane O. Leasure in the attack on Clifton Powell, 34, of Laurel. He received a suspended two-year sentence
and two years of probation and was ordered to undergo counseling for alcoholism.

A statement of facts read in court yesterday said the two men and other friends were drinking together in an apartment in the 9100 block of Moonshine Hollow early Jan. 14 when an argument started. Mr. Bell attacked Mr. Powell.

Mr. Bell was holding a knife on his victim when a police officer arrived. He was indicted on a charge of assault with intent to murder.

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