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Inset: Christianne Stephens (Pinellas County Jail via WTVT). Background: Apartment successful the 1900 artifact of Cleveland Street successful Clearwater, Florida, wherever Stephens allegedly deed her fellow with a laptop (Google Maps).
A 57-year-old Florida pistillate allegedly deed her fellow truthful hard with a laptop during an statement implicit cheating allegations that she knocked him out.
Christianne Stephens is facing charges of aggravated battery, mendacious imprisonment and tampering with a witness, tribunal records say.
The incidental occurred Saturday astatine a waterfront high-rise flat successful the 1900 artifact of Cleveland Street successful Clearwater. According to an apprehension affidavit obtained by section Fox affiliate WTVT and CBS affiliate WTSP, the unfortunate and Stephens started warring astir "alleged cheating successful the relationship."
The fellow reportedly started signaling the incidental connected his telephone and tried to permission the flat to defuse the situation. But Stephens blocked him and struck him successful the caput with a laptop, the affidavit said.
He mislaid consciousness and suffered a ample laceration connected the head, the affidavit said. When helium regained consciousness, helium allegedly saw Stephens trying to delete the videos helium recorded of the incident.
Cops said they were inactive trying to find whether the unfortunate suffered imperishable scarring oregon semipermanent injuries.
Stephens aboriginal reportedly told constabulary that she would not fto her fellow permission the flat without deleting the videos first. She besides allegedly admitted to hitting him successful the caput with the laptop, but claimed she did not mean to bash so.
She reportedly said she was conscionable pushing the machine toward him to get him to leave.
Police arrested Stephens and took her to the Pinellas County Jail, wherever she has since posted a $20,000 bond. Her adjacent tribunal day was not instantly listed.
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