A Bernice woman was arrest last week after she allegedly slashed a longtime dating partner numerous times with a box cutter.
Shirley Fay Levingston, 55, of Bernice, was arrested several days later after an investigation by the Union Parish Sheriff’s Office.
On January 20, UPSO deputies responded to a report of a stabbing at an apartment in Bernice. Deputies located a man bleeding seriously from multiple cut wounds. Deputies immediately rendered first aid until an ambulance arrived and the patient was transported to a local facility.
During the investigation, deputies gathered evidence and interviewed multiple witnesses. Levingston allegedly entered an apartment that was not her own and sliced the victim several times across his shoulder, back, and legs with a box cutter. She had left the scene before deputies arrived and a warrant was obtained for her arrest.
Levingston surrendered herself to the Union Parish Sheriff’s Office on January 22 and was taken into custody without incident. She was booked into the Union Parish Detention Center for home invasion and attempted murder.
Levingston’s bail amount was not immediately available.
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