Police: NJ Woman Stabbed Herself After Threatening To Stab Dog
By Steve Beck
VILLAS, N.J. (CBS) -- Police say a New Jersey woman stabbed herself after she threatened to stab a dog.
The Lower Township Police Department received a call at about 1:30 p.m. Sunday for the report of a woman carrying a knife and attempting to stab a dog on Bayshore Road in the Villas section of Lower Township.
When officers arrived, they encountered the woman who was holding a knife with a six-inch blade.
When the officers ordered her to drop the knife, she took the knife in both hands and stabbed herself in the abdomen.
The officers immediately approached the female and began treatment of the self-inflicted injury. Lower Township rescue squad members arrived and continued medical treatment.
She was eventually transported to the Cape May County Airport and flown to Atlantic City Medical Center for her injuries.
The woman has been identified by police as 48-year-old Roni Hamann of the 100 block of Evergreen Avenue in the Villas.
Her injuries are not considered life-threatening.
She is facing weapons and trespassing charges.
No injuries were caused to the dog or responding officers.
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