Charges filed against woman accused in Claudell Lane stabbing

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A woman accused of stabbing another woman early Friday has been arrested and charged.

Nakia Bonaparte, 27, of Columbia, was charged on Friday afternoon in Boone County with second-degree assault and armed criminal action. She is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. A court date has not been scheduled.

The probable cause statement says multiple witnesses and the victim claimed Bonaparte stabbed a woman near the intersection of Claudell Lane and Worley Street after a fight occurred. Police wrote that the victim had cuts seen to her chest and arm.

Both witnesses allegedly saw Bonaparte then run to a vehicle the victim sat in after the stabbing and saw Bonaparte stab the tires of the vehicle before she left, court documents say.

Bonaparte allegedly told police that she went to Claudell Lane to fight one of the witnesses, but the victim had joined in, court documents allege. Bonaparte told police she pulled out the knife and swung it in self-defense, court documents say.