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Inset: Olajuwon Dickerson (Miami Dade Corrections). Background: The area in Miami Beach where Olajuwon Dickerson allegedly stabbed his friend after the victim confronted Dickerson for stealing away women that they met at bars (Google Maps).
A Florida bachelor party took a shocking turn when a man allegedly humiliated his friend by capturing the attention of all the women they encountered at Miami Beach bars. This led to the friend confronting him, resulting in a violent altercation where the man was stabbed, according to police reports.
Olajuwon Dickerson, 32, hailing from Massachusetts, now faces charges of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. The charges stem from an incident where he allegedly attacked his friend during a night out with him and two other friends. This is based on an arrest affidavit accessed by Law&Crime.
The situation escalated to the point where Dickerson himself was stabbed. This occurred when the victim, in an act of self-defense, wielded a knife against him. Dickerson made a court appearance this week via a remote connection from the hospital, as reported by local TV station WPLG.
According to the affidavit, both Dickerson and the victim were in Miami Beach for a bachelor party and had accommodations at an Airbnb in the Miami Gardens area. “Witnesses reported they met some women at bars on Ocean Drive. The victim became agitated when the women focused their attention solely on Dickerson,” the document reveals.
Tensions boiled over after the group left the bars. The victim confronted Dickerson when the women they met decided to leave in a vehicle with Dickerson and another friend. The confrontation escalated when Dickerson exited the vehicle to engage with the victim, who was in a separate car, leading to the altercation, as detailed in the affidavit.
“The defendant approached and told him to get out of the vehicle,” the affidavit alleges, citing statements from witnesses. “All witnesses stated that immediately after the defendant approached [the victim] they saw blood … [The victim] was bleeding from the abdomen area.”
Police say the man told investigators that he “suddenly realized he had been stabbed with a knife and, in fear of being stabbed again, he began to defend himself” against Dickerson, who was stabbed in the arm.
“While witnesses were attempting to stop the bleeding on the defendant, [a witness] stated the defendant handed him a folding knife covered in blood,” according to the affidavit. “All parties stayed on the scene until police arrived.”
The knife that Dickerson allegedly used was located by cops, but he denied wielding it, according to police. He also “denied being in an altercation” with the victim, per the affidavit.
“The defendant stated [the men] left the bar, and he remembered nothing else,” according to police.
Dickerson has been ordered to have no more contact with the friend he allegedly stabbed. He is being held without bond.