Ofc. Benjamin Maplethorpe
Monday, August 13, 2018 at 10:06 a.m.
Sunday, August 12 at 4:15 pm, Spokane Police responded to an apartment building near E 55th Ave and S Freya St for the report of a domestic violence incident involving a weapon. Upon arrival, officer located the victim who stated a woman, with whom he has a domestic relationship, with had stabbed him in the leg with scissors. The victim managed to escape the location and was transported to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
The suspect, identified as Kate Falagan (31) of Spokane, was located in a nearby apartment and quickly taken into custody by officers without incident.
Falagan was booked into the Spokane County Regional Jail for Assault 2nd degree (DV).
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