A 39-year-old woman allegedly used a butcher knife to assault her boyfriend in their Allentown apartment, according to court records.
Rachael Santmyer, of the 600 block of Chew Street, allegedly punched Maximino Quintana around 7:59 a.m. Tuesday as he was laying on the couch of their apartment, police said. Santmyer was holding a butcher knife at the time of the assault, causing a laceration to Quintana's forehead, police said.
Police spoke to Santmyer and she admitted assaulting Quintana. Court records did not say why she punched him.
Santmyer was charged with aggravated assault, simple assault and harassment. She was arraigned by District Judge Karen Devine and sent to Lehigh County Jail under $25,000 bail.
In the 1995 case, police found a 6-day-old kitten with half of its tail cut off and its hind legs broken, adding that witnesses said they saw Santmyer maim the animal. The kitten had to be euthanized.
(The Morning Call - Sept 16, 2014)
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