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Wellesley student accused of stabbing former boyfriend at MIT
By Maria Cramer, Globe Staff
A 20-year-old female student at Wellesley College was charged today with breaking into a dormitory at MIT and stabbing her former boyfriend seven times as he slept, according to police and prosecutors.
Anna Tang was ordered held without bail after her arraignment this afternoon in Cambridge District Court on charges of armed assault with intent to murder and home invasion.
Suzanne Kontz, an assistant Middlesex district attorney, said in court that the victim, a 19-year-old student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, woke up to Tang stabbing him seven times. The couple had been romantically involved for eight months but broke up three weeks ago and the relationship took a violent turn, Kontz said.
Kontz said that Tang sent the victim threatening e-mails and then broke into his dorm room today at about 6:30 a.m. Tang was arrested by Cambridge police inside the dormitory on Memorial Drive. The name and condition of the victim were not released.
John Valerio, an attorney who represented Tang, described his client as a “meek and mild mannered” young woman who had been taking classes at MIT. Valerio said he will investigate the accusations.
The victim identified Tang as a suspect, according to a statement released by the office of Middle District Attorney Gerard T. Leone Jr. Investigators found Tang’s jacket covered with blood and a black folding “buck” knife was found in her backpack, according to the statement.
“We allege that the defendant traveled to MIT last night, entered her ex-boyfriend’s dorm room, and then stabbed him multiple times while he was in his bed,” Leone said. “We believe this to be an isolated incident done with specific intent to critically harm the defenseless victim.”
Tang is scheduled to return to court for a dangerousness hearing on Oct. 30.
