Juvenile threatens grandmother with knife and flees home, Winthrop MA


A juvenile threatened her grandmother with a knife, made suicidal statements, and then ran away from home. Police and medical personnel are responding to check on her well-being. An emergency mental health hold is being considered.
Audio|Source: Winthrop Police
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Transcript:
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Charleyn, can you put a following for near Egleton Park for well-being checks? Pardon.
00:10
The mother report, she wanted to check on her daughter.
00:15
9-4-600 control.
00:17
Okay.
00:18
Ma'am, we are going to need medical.
00:21
The juvenile made suicidal statements,
00:24
brandished a knife to her grandmother, and then ran out of the house.
00:28
We're just awaiting mom to see if she got back home.
00:32
We're heading that way, though, to search the area.
00:34
It's going to end up in Section 12[1].
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Section 12: Massachusetts involuntary psychiatric evaluation/commitment under M.G.L. c.123 §12
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Location mentioned:
Near Egleton Park, Winthrop, MA 02152
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