Jefferson City woman accused of trying to stab man with knife

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A Jefferson City woman has been charged with two felonies after she allegedly tried to stab a man with a steak knife on Thursday morning.

Jessica Taylor, 32, was charged on Thursday with first-degree domestic assault and armed criminal action. She is being held at the Cole County Jail without bond. A court date has not been set and a mugshot was not available on Thursday afternoon.

According to the probable cause statement, police were called at 4:40 a.m. for a report of a woman trying to stab a man at a home.

The victim allegedly told police that Taylor called him while crying hysterically, the statement says. When the victim got back home, he saw Taylor destroying a room, the statement says.

Taylor then allegedly grabbed a knife and first threatened to kill herself before turning her attention to the victim and threatened to kill him, court documents say. The man hit Taylor with a chair to defend himself and she threw a paint can at him, the statement says.

A witness allegedly gave the same details of the story to police, court documents say. Taylor allegedly denied the allegations, but a Jefferson City police officer wrote that “efforts to obtain a coherent statement from the Defendant were unsuccessful,” court documents say.