Crime & Safety

Woman Stabs Husband on Christmas Eve

An arrest does not indicate a conviction.

A woman stabbed her husband with a kitchen knife on Tuesday night after she apparently caught him speaking to another woman on the phone, according to the Providence Journal.  

Shirlene Pannell-Frazer, 33, allegedly stabbed her husband in his left arm and shoulder around 9:50 p.m.

The injuries were non-life threatening.

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Pannell-Frazer was charged with a domestic felony assault with a deadly weapon and domestic vandalism for breaking his phone.

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