Woman Attacked Ex, Another Woman With Box Cutter: Sheriff

OSWEGO, IL — A 39-year-old woman is facing charges after she was arrested Monday morning for attacking her ex-boyfriend and another woman in an Oswego Township residence, police said. According to the Kendall County Sheriff's Office, Angela Joy Varriale-Yelm brought a metal pipe and a box cutter to the apartment in the 2700 block of Light Road.

Deputies said Varriale-Yelm, of the 500 block of Declaration Lane in Aurora, got into the apartment through an unlocked bedroom window. There, she cut the 26-year-old man with the box cutter and struck the 25-year-old woman with the pipe, according to deputies. Officials said it was later determined that Varriale-Yelm and the male victim "had recently been in a dating relationship."

There was a third person in the apartment who managed to get out and call 911 at about 3:42 a.m., deputies said. Officers from other agencies responded to the call as well. Both victims declined medical treatment at the time, but later drove themselves to Rush-Copley Hospital for treatment of non life-threatening injuries.

Varriale-Yelm was arrested and charged with four counts of home invasion, aggravated domestic battery, aggravated battery and criminal trespass to residence. She's in custody at the Kendall County Sheriff’s Office awaiting a bond hearing.

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