A Bloomington couple was arrested early Wednesday after an altercation that resulted in the woman slashing the man with a kitchen knife after he strangled her in their home.
Christopher Hoskins, 22, faces charges for strangulation and domestic battery and Alicia Montgomery, 22, was arrested on aggravated and domestic battery charges. The couple lives together on the 1200 block of West Cottage Grove Avenue and have children together, said Bloomington Police Department Capt. Steven Kellams.
Both are now being held at the Monroe County Jail in lieu of $4,500 bail for Hoskins and $15,500 bail for Montgomery. All of their injuries were minor and both refused medical treatment, Kellams said.
The couple’s argument, which began on the topic of cigarettes and alcohol, escalated to Hoskins reportedly hitting and strangling Montgomery, causing swelling around her left eye, red marks on her throat and a bloody nose.
Hoskins then left for the bedroom, and Montgomery followed, yelling at him to leave the house. After he refused to leave, he went into the bathroom and locked the door, Kellams said.
Montgomery reportedly went to the kitchen to retrieve a large kitchen knife. She kicked a hole in the bathroom door, reached in, unlocked it and managed to slash Hoskins in the hip and arm, Kellams said.
He was left with a shallow laceration 8 to 10 inches long on his right hip and another small cut on the inside portion of his right arm, Kellams said.
BPD authorities initially responded to a call at about 4:30 a.m. from Hoskins, who claimed he had been stabbed.
When officers arrived, Hoskins became “extremely uncooperative” and aggressive with them, which led the officers to detain him in order to clarify what happened, Kellams said. They then located Montgomery at the house on West Cottage Grove Avenue.
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