Officers were dispatched around 8 a.m. on Wednesday to the 10 block of South Western Avenue on the report of a person being stabbed, according to a Springfield police report.
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When police arrived, they found the victim that had “a visible cut to his inside right leg which was bleeding a substantial amount and pooling in his flip flop style shoe.”
The victim told officers he was stabbed by his girlfriend, identified as Harber, the report said. He said he was inside the home arguing with Harber when she got a knife and threatened to cut up their air mattress, which she did.
“(Victim) continued yelling at her to stop and she again swung the knife, stabbing him in the inside right calf area. (Victim) stated she then ran from the bedroom, dropping the knife by the doorway,” the report said.
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A third person in the home gave officers permission to enter, where they found Harber who wrestled with officers as they tried to put her in handcuffs, the report said. Officers also found the knife with a small amount of blood on it and the cut-up air mattress.
The victim was taken to Springfield Regional Medical Center for minor injuries.
Harber was arrested for felonious assault, domestic violence and obstructing official business. She was placed in the Clark County Jail.
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