Adam Mallamo
A Lawrence man accused of stabbing a homeless man pleaded guilty to one charge of aggravated battery Wednesday morning in a plea deal reached with prosecutors, court records said.
Adam Mallamo, 20, was initially charged with attempted second-degree murder in Douglas County District Court. He's accused of stabbing a man in the chest with a knife on May 7 at the Lawrence Community Shelter, 214 W. 10th St. A 19-year-old victim was treated for wounds at a Kansas City area hospital.
Mallamo was at the shelter playing chess when the stabbing occurred, according to shelter director Loring Henderson, who said the stabbing was not a result of the chess game.
Mallamo is scheduled to be sentenced by Judge Robert Fairchild at 8:30 a.m. Nov. 13.
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tangential_reasoners_anonymous 4 years, 8 months ago
Sarcasm is lost on Nazis.
ModSquadGal 4 years, 8 months ago
Right on Mooch!
acg 4 years, 8 months ago
Bozo was obviously being sarcastic.
Bladerunner 4 years, 8 months ago
it wasnt his shoes they were making fun of...but his broom!
smitty 4 years, 8 months ago
My comments at the time of this incident have been deleted so I'll repeat some information that hopefully won't get zapped.Adam Mallamo was outside in the patio area at a table where he was with a couple of young men(others were there too), drinking a soft drinks and smoking cigarettes. Two young men, one was the victim, were harassing Adam about the shoes he wore, calling them women's shoes. The two continued until Adam lost his cool. The choice of words were queer baiting and homophobic. These abusive two men are in part responsible for the emotional explosion. It could have been avoided at the shelter if Henderson actually had the area supervised. The chess table is inside, the stabbing took place outside. Henderson has misrepresented several issues in this incident much as he has done in prior shelter incidents.The second harassing young man is the one who related the situation to me. He was advised and intended to report to LPD or the DA's office his provocation in the stabbing but I do not know if he followed through. It matters to have the truth come out about what provoked this troubled young man, Adam Mallamo. It matters that Henderson is not allowed to rewrite the situation.
Guardian 4 years, 8 months ago
"Two young men, one was the victim, were harassing Adam about the shoes he wore, calling them women's shoes. The two continued until Adam lost his cool."Well, then by all means, let the poor misunderstood young man out of jail and arrest the two heinous hurtful words users! Everyone knows a knife is a justifiable defense against those calling one bad names. And he was outnumbered, too!"It could have been avoided at the shelter if Henderson actually had the area supervised."If this place is so dangerous that 24/7 supervision is needed in all areas of the property then maybe we should either close it down all together or make it a minimum security jail facility.Another empty soap box for a very confused person.
just_another_bozo_on_this_bus 4 years, 8 months ago
I hear the ovens at Auschwitz aren't being used, mooch. Maybe you can take up a collection and bring the ultimate solution to homeless people to Lawrence.
cthulhu_4_president 4 years, 8 months ago
So Bozo advocates the extermination of social undesirables. The Nazi movement is alive and well!
geniusmannumber1 4 years, 8 months ago
This is off the top of my head, so it's incomplete, but I believe it's an intentional crime committed with a deadly weapon.
bigdave 4 years, 8 months ago
JoRight (Anonymous) says:Since when did Harry Potter start shanking people? Now that's funny :)
cthulhu_4_president 4 years, 8 months ago
I misinterpreted your tone, Bozo, and I apologize for that. Still, Holocoust humor=not cool.
ebyrdstarr 4 years, 8 months ago
What "aggravated" means depends to some degree on what the crime is. In the battery context, "aggravated" means one of three things: 1) the degree of harm actually done; 2) the degree of harm that could have been done; or 3) the use of a deadly weapon. Aggravated battery can be either intentional or reckless.Burglary becomes aggravated when there is a person inside the building that was entered unlawfully.Robbery is aggravated either by the use of a deadly weapon or by causing harm to the person whose property is taken.Indecent liberties becomes aggravated when a victim under 14 is touched in a sexual manner or when a defendant has intercourse with a victim between 14 and 16.Those are some quick examples.
WereAllMonkeys 4 years, 8 months ago
I see the term 'Aggravated ' quite often, associated with some offenses. What does it mean in Kansas? If your in a good mood and attack someone, is it a lesser offense?
just_another_bozo_on_this_bus 4 years, 8 months ago
"So Bozo advocates the extermination of social undesirables. The Nazi movement is alive and well!"No, I just don't believe that (the mostly mentally ill and/or disabled) homeless people can be wished away, as moocher appears to want to do. I was just letting him know that others who have shared his "wish" went well beyond wishing.
JoRight 4 years, 8 months ago
Since when did Harry Potter start shanking people?
smitty 4 years, 8 months ago
.....The choice of words were queer baiting and homophobic. These abusive two men are in part responsible for the emotional explosion. Appartently the court system also thinks it matters to have the truth come out(taken into consideration) about what provoked this troubled young man, Adam Mallamo. Probably had much to do with why the charges were lowered considerably.
consumer1 4 years, 8 months ago
Has anyone else noticed that boozo never has an original thought? Never has an original opinion, never has anything complementary to say about anyone? He sounds like a drummer I used to know. Always condemning others but never having a original idea of his own. Must be miserable to be him.
Dejacrew423 4 years, 8 months ago
Maybe the shelter should switch to plastic silverware.
cthulhu_4_president 4 years, 8 months ago
Bozo has obviously never known a family who had a member make their eternal home in such an oven. I have, and it is not sarcasm to make light of the single most horrific event in humankind's documented history.
consumer1 4 years, 8 months ago
Good one blue!! Of course that could never happen because the "enlightened" or the "dirty toes group" in Lawrence wouldn't stand for it.
Guardian 4 years, 8 months ago
smitty, smitty, smitty! Will you ever tire of showing your ignorance? Aggravated battery carries the same penalty as attempted murder. The only difference is that the State does not have to prove this poor little, verbally abused urchin intended to kill anyone. The State only has to prove great bodily harm was inflicted. In this case, a slam-dunk. There is no "considrable" reduction of charges.
londaree 4 years, 7 months ago
Adam should be sent to a mental health facility not prison. This boy is one that fell through the cracks of the Social System. Was abused by his mother and molested by his father and then placed up for adoption at the age of 7. He spent 11 years of his life in mental facilities paid for by medicaid or in juvinile mental correctional centers and was seen by no less than 19 different mental health professionals. The adoptive parents never had the money they needed to get proper mental health treatment. Pueblo Social Services (Pueblo, Colorado) where this boy, before being adopted, withheld important information from his adoptive parents and then the information the adoptive parents were given was inaccurate. He is the product of a failed Colorado State System. His story is on Denvers Westward News. copy and paste this link: http://www.westword.com/2003-12-04/news/nowhere-boy/
Adam mallamo 2 years, 10 months ago
i am really sorry for my actions i am not a bad guy please forgive me and lets move foreward
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