5 years ago by Scott Hardy
Brenda Watkins, 21, arrested Monday afternoon; held on $50,000 bond
Hannibal police have revealed the identity of the woman they arrested Monday afternoon in the stabbing of a Hannibal man that same day.
Police Wednesday identified her as 21-year old Brenda Watkins, and say she's been formally charged with counts of Armed Criminal Action and 2nd Degree Assault. Watkins is accused of stabbing an unidentified Hannibal man once in the abdomen Monday morning, near the Broadway Bar. He was found by police a short time later and flown to a St. Louis hospital for treatment.
Watkins is in the Marion County Jail on $50,000 cash-only bond, and will be arraigned Friday.