In the first one, officers Matt Hunsucker and Chris Babb were at Halifax Regional Medical Center when they observed a 52-year-old man who had been stabbed come to the hospital for treatment shortly before 2:30 a.m.
Chief Andy Jackson said investigation took the officers to 210 Summit Avenue where they learned there had been a domestic dispute that ended with the victim being stabbed with a butcher knife.
Linda Diane Williams was charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury. She was jailed without the opportunity for bond and has a November 5 court date.
In the second stabbing, which occurred shortly after 5:45 a.m., a 45-year-old man had been stabbed in the abdomen following a dispute that either involved bricks being thrown at the person arrested or an argument over cigarettes.
Officer Charles Cross charged Michael Bynum, 25, of 114 Madison Street with assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury. He was jailed on $5,000 bond.
