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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=4
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black;
font-weight:bold'>Media Release<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>To: All Media Outlets<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>From: Det. Jennifer McFarland<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Date: November 16, 2006<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>RE: Stabbing and Aggravated Assault in <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Troy</st1:City></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>A stabbing last night in <st1:City w:st="on">Troy</st1:City>
left a 31 year-old <st1:place w:st="on">Troy</st1:place> man with superficial
wounds to his neck. Mark A. Cobb (32 of Troy) was arrested for one count of
Aggravated Battery, one count of Aggravated Assault, and one count of carrying
a concealed weapon while under the influence of alcohol, after allegedly stabbing
31 year-old Calvin Allen and holding at knife point Jamie Y. Toby, a 25
year-old Troy woman. Cobb remains at the Latah County Jail pending an
appearance before a judge this morning.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>On 11/15/2006 at 19:32, deputies were
dispatched to a possible stabbing victim at 105 N. Main in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Troy</st1:City></st1:place>. Deputies were told that the suspect
was a man named Mark. Troy Ambulance had already arrived and were treating
victim Calvin Allen. A witness told deputies that Allen entered his apartment
at 105 N. <st1:place w:st="on">Main</st1:place> and told him Cobb had stabbed
him and had tried to kill him. Another witness alerted deputies that
he’d just seen a man with a knife getting into a white car near the Troy
Market.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Deputies stopped the white car and
identified Mark Cobb who appeared to have been drinking. A knife was found in
Cobb’s possession and he was arrested.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Jamie Toby told deputies she was at
Cobb’s residence at 403 N. <st1:place w:st="on">Main</st1:place> with
Cobb’s wife while Cobb and Allen were out at a bar celebrating
Allen’s birthday. Cobb entered the residence without Allen and held Toby
at knife point and attempted to stab her. Toby said she was able to fight Cobb
off and Toby left. Cobb had told Toby that Allen was “done.” <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Cobb remains in the Latah County Jail
charged with one count Aggravated Battery for the stabbing of Calvin Allen (a
felony carrying up to 15 years), one count of Aggravated Assault for
threatening to stab Jamie Toby (a felony carrying up to 5 years and/or $5,000),
and carrying a concealed weapon while under the influence of alcohol (a
misdemeanor carrying up to 1 year and/or $1,000). At the time of this release,
Cobb remains in jail waiting to see a judge to have bond set on the felony
charges.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black;font-style:italic'>Cobb’s booking
photo is available to media agencies upon request. <o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
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<p><font size=2 color=black face=Georgia><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Georgia;color:black'>Det. Jennifer L. McFarland<br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Latah</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> Sheriff's Office<br>
Public Information Officer<br>
<st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">PO Box</st1:Street> 8068</st1:address><br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Idaho</st1:State>
<st1:PostalCode w:st="on">83843</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><br>
(208) 882-2216<br>
Fax (208) 883-2281<br>
</span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black'><a
href="http://www.latah.id.us/Dept/Sheriff_Main.htm"><font size=2 face=Georgia><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Georgia'>http://www.latah.id.us/Dept/Sheriff_Main.htm</span></font></a><br>
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</span></font><font size=2 color=black face=Georgia><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Georgia;color:black'>Truth is the summit of being; justice
is the application of it to affairs.<br>
***Ralph Waldo Emerson<br>
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