Woman charged with stabbing man in Hopwood
A Hopwood woman was charged Tuesday for allegedly stabbing a man at her Nell Street residence Monday.
Tabatha Rachelle Eicher, 35, is charged with aggravated assault and simple assault for allegedly stabbing Thomas Edward Traynor, 50, of Hopwood. Traynor was charged with simple assault.
State police said Eicher and Traynor were fighting about items the woman’s children left outside when Traynor allegedly slapped Eicher multiple times in the side of the head and tossed her phone to the ground in a hallway, according to court documents.
Eicher took a serrated Ginsu knife from the kitchen and chased Traynor into a back room where she allegedly stabbed him with an “overhand chopping motion” and “a slashing motion,” causing “severe bleeding” to his right forearm, court paperwork indicates.
Traynor required stitches for his injuries, police said.
Police said Eicher admitted to chasing Traynor with the knife and attacking him.
She was arraigned Tuesday morning before Magisterial District Judge Wendy Dennis, who set bail at $25,000 in the case. She remains lodged in Fayette County Prison in lieu of bond.
Traynor was released after posting 10 percent of a $10,000 bond set by Dennis.