Mark Pincus, 35 of Plymouth, appeared in court Monday for allegedly trying to force his way into a college student's apartment, fleeing and then stabbing a man who was sitting in his truck nearby.
The college student living in Cambridge, Massachusetts, said she fought off the man who was armed with a knife Sunday morning.
“He was using a screwdriver to get in our door,” Julia said.
Pincus was arrested Sunday and faces several charges in connection with the home invasion and a separate non-fatal stabbing in East Cambridge that followed. He entered a not guilty plea at his arraignment in Cambridge District Court on Monday and was ordered held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing at 12 p.m. on Nov. 15.
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Pincus made it in the main door of Julia's building and was trying to get through a second door to her apartment, she said.
“All of a sudden it was this huge thump, and I went and opened the door. It was half open and then he tried to come in, so I pushed him out of the door,” Julia said.
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Julia says she was able to lock the door, and her friend called 911.
Police said Pincus ran away from the Sciarappa Street residence and, in another unprovoked attack, about a block away, stabbed a man in his 50s while he sat in his truck near Cambridge and Fifth streets.
A witness confirmed Pincus approached the victim while he was sitting in his truck and stabbed him in his upper body. That man was taken to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries, Cambridge police said.
Officers searched the area and were able to quickly locate the suspect. According to police, Pincus resisted arrest before he was ultimately taken into custody. Officials say police recovered a knife from his jeans.
Julia later confirmed Pincus was the same person who attempted to enter her home. She and her friends said they felt fortunate that the situation didn't turnout worse, and had no idea why Pincus was trying to get in.
“There’s a knife slash like on the door. All the way down it,” said Julia’s friend, who was there at the time.
Pincus faces a number of felony charges, including home invasion, armed assault to murder, resisting arrest, assault and battery on a police officer, carrying a dangerous weapon, and providing a false name/social security number after an arrest.
