Caregiver charged with stabbing man in chest on Emancipation Day

The Clarendon police have arrested and charged a woman for allegedly stabbing a man in his chest on Emancipation Day.

Charged with wounding with intent is 36-year-old care giver Vanessa Dixon of Coates Pen, May Pen, Clarendon.

May Pen police say that at 9:30 a.m., Dixon and a man were involved in a physical altercation.

During which she allegedly used a knife to stab the man in his chest causing a wound that bled.

The man was taken to the hospital, where he was admitted for treatment.

Dixon later turned herself in to the police and gave a caution statement, afterwhich she was subsequently charged.

Her court date is being finalised.

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