Keys man hurls knife at woman, lodging it in her foot, deputies say

Charles Trapp (MCSO)

TAVERNIER, Fla. – Deputies in the Florida Keys arrested a 56-year-old man after accusing him of throwing a knife at a woman during a domestic dispute Wednesday night, injuring her.

According to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to a home in the 200 block of Lincoln Avenue in Tavernier at around 10:35 p.m. and found the 31-year-old victim bleeding from the foot.

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Deputies said Charles Samuel Trapp hurled the knife at the woman, lodging it in her foot. They said they found blood throughout the house and the knife near a bathroom sink.

MCSO spokesperson Adam Linhardt said the woman was taken to Baptist Health Mariners Hospital, about a block away from the house, where she received stitches for her wound.

Trapp was taken to jail on a charge of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. He’s scheduled to be arranged in Monroe County court on Aug. 1.


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