Woman Held in Stabbings over Pork Chops

MONROE, La., Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Louisiana authorities were holding a Monroe woman accused of stabbing her 15-year-old brother and 12-year-old son in an argument over pork chops.

Tammie Josette Peter, 31, was charged with aggravated battery and aggravated second-degree battery, the Monroe News Star reported Wednesday.

Sheriff's deputies said Peter returned home with her boyfriend Sunday and became enraged when she found her 15-year-old brother cooking two pork chops only for himself.

Peter allegedly took one of the pork chops and threw it at him. In the altercation that ensued, she allegedly picked up a knife but was soon disarmed by her boyfriend and her son.

However, a few minutes later Peter retrieved another knife from the kitchen, deputies said.

This time the 12-year-old son was stabbed in his left shoulder and was later treated at a hospital. The 15-year-old brother was stabbed in the chest and hospitalized in critical condition.

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