Police: Ronco woman stabbed husband after he smoked her last cigarette
A Ronco woman was arrested Friday for allegedly stabbing her husband in the head after he smoked her last cigarette during an argument about medication in June.
Telina Marie Lewellen, 34, was charged after her husband, Travis Lewellen Sr., 26, told police Aug. 14 that his wife was the one who stabbed him. He told police on the scene June 14 a stranger stabbed him outside their 601 Stevenson St. trailer, according to court documents.
The man was flown by medical helicopter to Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, West Virginia after the stabbing.
“Mr. Lewellen is missing a large portion of his skull as a result of the stabbing and the left side of his brain is protected only by his scalp,” German Township Police Chief David Hromada wrote in court documents.
Lewellen gave police a written statement saying his wife has threatened to hurt him again and he is afraid of her. Police said his injury makes him highly vulnerable to serious injury. He will have another surgery to reconstruct his skull, court paperwork indicates.
He initially told police he heard a fight outside their trailer and went out to investigate when someone stabbed him in the head. Neighbors told police they did not hear a fight. Police found blood inside the trailer, but none outside.
Telina Lewellen initially told police her husband came inside bleeding. Officers asked if she was sure the stabbing happened outside because of the blood in the trailer. Police said she began to cry and confessed to stabbing him.
She told police they were arguing about medication and the last cigarette when he started yelling. She claimed she got scared, so she grabbed a knife and started swinging it at him, chasing him to their bedroom where she stabbed him, court paperwork said.
Police said she had no visible injuries.
She is charged with two counts of aggravated assault and one count each of recklessly endangering another person and simple assault.
She was arraigned Friday afternoon before Magisterial District Judge Daniel C. Shimshock, who set bail at $100,000 in her case.
Lewellen remains in the county lockup in lieu of bond.