June 10, 2016
By Paul Joseph, Paragon News Director –
A Clinton woman is in the Custer County Jail on a $20-thousand dollar bond after a stabbing incident.
The woman, 23-year-old Cassandra Lopez may also be facing drug charges after allegedly being found with Methamphetamine.
According to the Clinton Daily News, the victim, a 43-year-old Clinton woman called police to report the alleged stabbing. Sinor Emergency Medical Service personnel described her wounds as superficial and the woman declined transport to the hospital by an ambulance.
She did, however, tell police that she’d been stabbed twice by the suspect who had previously been told not to come to the victim’s home in the 700 block of South 18th Street in Clinton.
Following the alleged attack around 1 pm on Wednesday, Lopez fled on foot, but was found by police in the 2000 block of Gary Boulevard in front of a restaurant.
No charges have been listed in online court records, however, its assumed Lopez will be facing charges of assault with a deadly weapon, possession of meth and possession of drug paraphernalia, according to Clinton Police Detective Captain Mike Murley.
Lopez is due in court for a preliminary hearing conference in Custer County District Court on July 29.
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