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Police arrested a Point Breeze woman for allegedly assaulting her husband.
Responding to a 12:52 a.m. radio call of a person screaming, authorities arrived at a home on the 1900 block of Wharton Street June 24 and, looking through a front window after receiving no response to knocks, noticed the residence in disarray, Detective Danielle Tolliver of South Detective Division said. Also observing a blood-stained pillow strewn on the floor, a broken picture frame and blood on the railing leading to the second floor, they forced their way inside.
The complainant came out of the kitchen, with blood emanating from his head and deep scratches on his neck. He divulged he ignored their knocks because he wanted to keep his wife out of trouble, Tolliver said. After police inquired about her, the victim yelled for his partner to come downstairs, where police arrested 30-year-old Antoinette Johnson after his positive identification. He received transport to Pennsylvania Hospital, where he received eight staples to close his head injury.
Johnson, who posted her $5,000 bail the same day, was charged with assault, possession of an instrument of crime and recklessly endangering another person. She awaits a July 8 preliminary hearing.
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