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Authorities:Man allegedly threatens 2 with hypodermic needle

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Authorities in Bernalillo County say a man has been arrested for allegedly threatening two people outside a restaurant with a hypodermic needle. County sheriff's deputies say the brother and sister were headed to their car Saturday when they were approached by a man that reportedly called the brother a derogatory term. That started an argument and authorities say the suspect — identified as Mark Camden— then made a stabbing motion at the other man with a hypodermic needle. The woman told deputies that Camden claimed the needle was full of Hepatitis C. Camden is being held on suspicion of two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Albuquerque TV station KOB reports that Camden remains jailed for violating probation from another case.