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Photo: Victoria Lee (NY Daily News)

Ladies, don’t throw your life away over a boyfriend’s flirting. Victoria Lee, the girl who stabbed her boyfriend in the neck at the Sutra Lounge in New York has nothing to look forward to but time in jail. Is your freedom really worth throwing away over a boyfriend flirting with another girl? Sure it can be enraging to catch your boyfriend flirting with another girl. It’s insulting to your ego; but seriously, stabbing him in the neck is not the answer. I repeat, if you catch your boyfriend flirting with another girl do not stab him in the neck with a piece of glass. Even if you’re pretty like Victoria Lee, you’re probably going to go to jail even if he doesn’t die and it’s not worth it.

I’m going to repeat myself yet again. Ladies, as much as it hurts you, and as deeply as it angers you, you will not be excused on the basis that you were hurt and angry. A man hurting and angering you vs you stabbing him in the neck, if you toss that up one is going to come down like a feather and the other like a ton of bricks. When he flirts he only bruises your ego. When you stab him you potentially take his life and throw away your own. Come On!

About the story: Victoria Lee, a 22-year old Boston University coed caught her boyfriend flirting with another girl, flew into a jealous rage and smashed a glass tumbler over his head then used a jagged piece of the glass to stabbed him in the neck. He’s okay according to reports. He’s in stable condition and actually doesn’t want to press charges. His name is Joshua Clarke and he and Victoria Lee have apparently been dating since junior high school.

Photo: Edwin Thomas (victim)

46-year old Edwin Thomas, a Brooklyn New York bus driver, was stabbed to death after refusing to give a passenger a transfer slip. Edwin Thomas was attacked by a passenger on bus B-46 in Brooklyn after he denied the passenger’s request for a transfer. The passenger had swiped an invalid fare card and taken a seat on the bus despite not paying for the ride. When Edwin Thomas told him he could not get a transfer slip since he didn’t pay the bus fare, the man punched him in the head then stabbed him.

Edwin Thomas was rushed to the hospital and pronounced dead on arrival. His attacker fled the scene of the incident. There is a $12,000 reward for information being offered by police as well as the MTA and TWU Local 100.

In a statement New York governor, David Paterson, said he was shocked and saddened by the killing, calling Edwin Thomas a man who “spent his career ensuring the safety of his passengers”; and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg called Thomas a good man who was “good at his job of helping move New York City”.

The mayor said he spoke with Thomas’s son Jeffrey, offering the family his sympathies.

Anyone who might have witnessed the stabbing and recognized the killer is asked to call Crimestoppers at 800-577-TIPS (8477). You may also text your tips to CRIMES (274637) then enter TIP577.