COLUMBIA, MD — A Savage man is charged with assault and other offenses after police allege he stabbed a 12-year-old boy on Dobbin Road.

The boy and an adult relative were standing near the 6300 block of Dobbin Road when they got into an argument with an acquaintance around 1:40 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 21, according to police.

The acquaintance allegedly stabbed the 12-year-old with a knife, police reported. The boy was taken to Howard County General Hospital for treatment of injuries that the Howard County Police Department said were minor.