Crime & Safety

Arlington Woman, 20, Charged in Domestic Dispute

Woman allegedly stabbed her husband during a fight, according to police.

A 20-year-old Arlington woman has been arrested following a domestic dispute that ended in a stabbing.

Shortly before 8 p.m. Thursday, Aliyma Imaan Williams and her husband engaged in a verbal argument at a residence in the 800 block of South Ivy Street in the Arlington Heights community, according to police.

The argument escalated and the woman stabbed her husband in the arm with a folding knife.

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"She didn't cut, she stabbed," Arlington County police spokesman Dustin Sternbeck said.

The man was taken to Virginia Hospital Center for treatment.

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Sternbeck said he was not aware of past domestic calls at the address.

The couple does not have any children, he said.

This incident marks the second time a woman was charged as the aggressor in a domestic violence incident in Arlington this week. Police charged a 32-year-old Arlington woman with stabbing her boyfriend on New Year's Day.

Police don't consider that unusual, Sternbeck said.


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