Tuesday, September 8, 2026

Woman pleads guilty in downtown stabbing

Jayza Muldrow-Green. (Courtesy photo)

WILMINGTON — The woman charged in an April stabbing in downtown Wilmington pled guilty to assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury on Thursday, Aug.13, 2026.

Jazya Muldrow-Green, 20, was sentenced to 30 to 48 months in prison for cutting another woman during an early morning fight on Easter Sunday.

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The incident occurred around the same time and less than a block away from an unrelated stabbing that resulted in the death U.S. Marine Daniel Montano.

Around 2:10 a.m., an argument between a small group of women led to a physical altercation between Muldrow-Green and the victim. Muldrow-Green held a knife and a cell phone in her hand as she struck the other woman multiple times. The victim suffered severe injuries to her arms and hands before Muldrow-Green was pulled away.

Muldrow-Green thereafter handed the knife to another individual who discarded it not far from where the incident occurred. The knife was found and collected by responding officers.

Investigators later obtained a cell phone video of the assault that was recorded by a bystander who recorded the melee. Muldrow-Green has an extensive criminal history that includes seven assault-related convictions and multiple larceny offenses.


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