Canton Woman Says Son Attacked Her, Threatened Her With Knife

Canton Township Police responded Oct. 17 to the 4900 block of Citadel for a report of a domestic violence incident, according to a police report.

A woman at the home told police she was on the couch in the living room speaking with her daughter and told police her son, who had been skipping school and taking her car each day, came charging out of his bedroom and began attacking her, according to the report.

The woman told police her son then walked away, picked up her car keys and threatened to slash her tires, the report said. She told police she tried to grab her keys from her son and he grabbed her by the hair and slammed her head into the dryer several times, then grabbed a knife from the kitchen counter and told her he was going to stab her, the report said.

The woman told police she knocked the knife out of her son’s hand, left the house and asked a neighbor to call police.

Police located the woman’s son and arrested him on charges of felony assault and domestic violence.

Police recovered the knife in the home, the report said.

Woman reports theft from vehicle

Canton Township Police responded Oct. 17 to a trailer park at the 51000 block of Mott for a report of a theft from a vehicle, according to a police report.

The vehicle owner told police that between 9 p.m. on Oct. 16 and 5:30 p.m. on Oct. 17, someone had broken into her vehicle and took prescription drugs and $5 in cash from the center console of her vehicle, the report said.

The woman told police she had broken a key inside the door so it was easy to open and believes that is how the suspect entered her vehicle, the report said. She told police nothing else had been taken.

Police do not have suspects.

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