Police: Woman charged in box cutter attack on professor
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A woman is facing charges after police in Virginia say she attacked a community college professor with a box cutter on campus.
Virginia State Police said in a statement that the attack happened inside the professor's office at J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College's Parham campus on Thursday afternoon. Police say 24-year-old Brittany Burfield of Glen Allen, Virginia, has been charged with malicious wounding. She is being held without bail.
Police say Burfield cut the professor with a box cutter and was taken into custody without incident as she tried to leave Burnett Hall.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The professor was taken to VCU Medical Center with injuries that weren't thought to be life-threatening. No one else was injured.
Police did not identify the professor. It wasn't immediately clear what led to the attack.