Fulton woman arrested for threatening children

Police arrested Gwendolyn Bruce Wednesday night for chasing her children with a knife.

Officers were called to a disturbance at around 7:30 p.m. at a home on Pioneer Drive in Fulton.

The Callaway County prosecutor charged Bruce with second-degree domestic assault and unlawful use of a weapon.

Bruce could face up to 11 years in jail.

Court documents reveal Bruce was spanking her 6-year-old with a flip-flop and yelling.

Her 17-year-old son moved the younger son away.

Court documents read Bruce then grabbed a butter knife, then a steak knife and chased her 17-year-old son around the house.

Police say she was threatening to kill her son and chased him outside.

Law enforcement arrived at the scene and arrested Bruce.

“As a parent, it’s angering because I have four kids and there is no way that thought crosses my head even on the worse days so I couldn’t imagine what caused somebody to do that,” Lance Miller, Bruce’s neighbor, said.

The 6-year old and 17-year-old son are in the care of family members.

Bruce is in the Callaway County Jail on a $25,000 bond.