June 17 Towson, MD Woman Saved by By-Standers from Ex-boyfriend

Jeffrey Ricardo Jones Jr., 25, attempted to murder his estranged girlfriend, Lesley G. Dunlap, 24 but was rescued by a 62-year-old lawyer who played football for the University of Maryland. Jones, who had been convicted in a 2002 assault on Dunlap, had protective order against him last month after alleging that he threatened her with a knife at her office at the law firm Venable LLP. On this last occasion, Dunlap had pulled into the parking lot at the where she works as a receptionist and assistant librarian when Jones pulled in behind her and blocked her car with his Chevrolet Tahoe sport utility vehicle. He then smashed her window with a hammer, pulled her out of her car and forced her into his SUV. When they were stopped due to traffic, she jumped out. Jones chased her down and began stabbing her with a knife. That is when John J. Kenny intervened and called to another by-stander to help. Jones escaped but was later apprehended by police.