'Grabbed a fork': Mother stabbed son during argument over phone bill and tardiness at school, authorities say

A pistillate successful Miami, Florida, is accused of stabbing her lad with a fork during an statement implicit expenses and his behaviour astatine school.

Leticia Puentes, 39, stands charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, according to Miami-Dade County jailhouse records. The alleged incidental of home unit occurred connected Thursday morning.

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Puentes and her son, whose property is unclear, were having an statement astatine their location successful the country of Northwest 72nd Street, which is astir 6 miles northbound of Downtown Miami. At 1 constituent during the quarrel, astir 8:15 a.m., the lad is alleged to person started throwing objects astir the house.

The statement acrophobic a telephone measure and the son's tardiness astatine school, according to section ABC affiliate WPLG. Then the concern turned violent.

As the parent and lad tussled connected the level of the home, Puentes "grabbed a fork and stabbed him down the ear," the lad said, per an apprehension study obtained by Law&Crime. Officers arrived astatine the location and saw the lad with a "fresh bleeding puncture wound" down his close ear.

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Miami-Dade County archetypal responders treated the victim's wounded astatine the home.

The parent admitted to stabbing her lad with the fork, though she reportedly claimed it was successful self-defense. She was arrested and booked into the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center and is being held connected a $3,000 bond.