WOMAN ARRESTED IN LA MESA FOR ATTEMPTED MURDER; ALLEGEDLY STABBED BOYFRIEND WHILE CHILDREN OVERHEARD

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November 21, 2009 (La Mesa) – Tomika Carey has been arrested and charged with the attempted murder of her boyfriend, Sergeant Hanson at the Lemon Grove Sheriff’s Station has confirmed.

On November 20th around 1:52 a.m., deputies responded to a call of a stabbing at an apartment complex in an unincorporated area of La Mesa. Parties at the scene informed officers that after a night of drinking, the male victim and Carey got into an argument and he pushed her a couple of times. She reportedly went downstairs and retrieved two large knives from the kitchen, went back upstairs and stabbed her boyfriend once in the neck.

The incident was heard by three children in the residence, ages 6, 10 and 13. The victim was transported to Sharp Memorial Hospital with non-life threatening injuries for treatment. The female was taken to the Las Colinas Detention Facility, where she was booked on a felony charge of attempted murder.
 


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