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Police: Woman pulled knife, gun from stroller

29-year-old mother in N.Y. held on child endangerment, weapons charges

updated 10:40 a.m. ET July 3, 2008

UTICA, N.Y. - A woman out for a walk with her baby and another child in Utica, N.Y., was packing more than diapers in her stroller, police say.

Stephanie Wilson pulled a knife and a sawed-off shotgun out of the stroller to threaten another woman in an ongoing argument over money, according to police.

Wilson was charged with endangering the welfare of a child and criminal possession of a weapon.

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The 29-year-old Wilson was being held in jail without bail pending a court appearance. Her baby was turned over to social workers, while the older child was taken by a relative.

Utica Public Safety Commissioner Dan LaBella says he has never seen anything like it in his 20-year law enforcement career.

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