Idaho Falls woman allegedly stabs roommate in the head with fork after argument over dishes – East Idaho News

IDAHO FALLS — A 38-year-old Idaho Falls lady has been charged with a felony after allegedly getting right into a violent struggle along with her roommate over dishes.

Lacey Sandoval was charged with felony aggravated battery. In keeping with paperwork, the incident occurred in September however a court docket case wasn’t filed towards Sandoval till October.

In keeping with the affidavit of possible trigger filed by the Idaho Falls Police Division, on Sept. 29 at round 6:45 a.m. an officer was dispatched to an house for a disturbance between roommates after one in every of them was stabbed with a fork.

When officers arrived, the sufferer was exterior sitting at a picnic desk at an house advanced, paperwork mentioned. The sufferer had blood working down her face and arms from a puncture wound simply above her brow. Paramedics arrived on the scene and handled her wound.

The sufferer informed the officer that she lives with a number of roommates. She was within the kitchen getting a bowl of cereal when her roommate, Sandoval, got here into the kitchen. She mentioned they each acquired into an argument as a result of Sandoval saved utilizing the sufferer’s dishes.

The sufferer mentioned Sandoval got here at her with a fork and stabbed her within the head. She mentioned she pushed Sandoval off her, however Sandoval continued to assault, in response to paperwork. The sufferer informed the officer she put up her proper hand to deflect being stabbed once more with the fork and obtained a small wound on her finger.

Sandoval then grabbed a glass off the desk and threw it on the sufferer as she left the kitchen, paperwork mentioned. The glass didn’t hit the sufferer however shattered onto the bottom in entrance of her. Sandoval left the residence as soon as the police had been known as.

The officer went into the kitchen the place the incident occurred and located a number of drops of blood subsequent to the kitchen sink and on the ground. Shattered glass was moreover discovered and a fork was on the bottom, paperwork mentioned.

The sufferer didn’t know the place the officer might discover Sandoval. The officer tried searching for a contact quantity and known as however was unable to succeed in her. The officer requested a warrant for Sandoval for aggravated battery.

Court docket information present an arrest warrant was served on Friday for Sandoval. She appeared in court docket and was issued a no-contact order towards the sufferer. She was given a $5,000 bond.

She is scheduled for a preliminary listening to on Nov. 4 at 1 p.m. on the Bonneville County courthouse.