Tit For Hat - Wife Sliced Up Cap, Hubby Slashed Tire: Cops

JOLIET, IL — The estranged husband of a Joliet woman jailed the day after Christmas for stabbing his hat and hand has done some slashing of his own, police said.

Antone Sheward, 24, allegedly stabbed the tire of a car his 48-year-old wife, Colette Sheward, was riding in Tuesday afternoon.

Colette’s new boyfriend, a 28-year-old, was driving the car, which belongs to a friend of her current love interest, police said.

Earlier that day, Antone reportedly called the cops and accused Colette of stealing his car. After investigating, officers determined the car was actually registered in Colette’s name.

Colette, incidentally, had asked to be granted possession of her and Antone’s 2006 Chevy Impala in the divorce petition she filed last week.

After falsely accusing his wife of car theft, Antone started following her and her new lover around town, police said. When they stopped for a red light at the corner of Black Road and Midland Avenue, Antone got out of his car, walked up to their vehicle, brandished a folding knife and stabbed the back right tire, flattening it.

The cops tracked Antone down at the couple’s Morgan Street home shortly after 1:30 p.m. He was taken into custody, charged with criminal damage to property and disorderly conduct, and released on his own recognizance.

The alleged tire-stabbing follows a knife attack carried out by Colette against both Antone and his hat the day after Christmas, police said.

Colette confessed to slashing her husband’s wrist and hand but claimed she did it accidentally while she was cutting up his hat, police said.

Antone wrapped his badly bleeding hand in a rag and drove himself to the hospital, police said. He reportedly explained that he and Colette were arguing when she grabbed a knife and started cutting up his hat. He then “got a little too close to her and she purposely stabbed his hand.”

Colette spent three days in jail before a woman in Arizona posted $3,000 bail for her release, according to court records. After she got out, Colette, who said she has cancer, fell ill and was taken to the hospital, according to court papers.

Colette spent “several days” in the hospital, according to a petition requesting a protective order against her husband. The petition was denied.

Colette said her husband showed up at the hospital “every night,” and attempted to “kiss (her) and jump in bed with” her after she got out of jail.

Colette also accused her husband of stabbing himself and blaming her for it.

“He admitted this and I have this on a recording,” she said.