Woman Cut Boyfriend 16 Times With Box Cutter: Cops

Hamden police have arrested a New Haven woman who is accused of cutting her boyfriend 16 times with a box cutter.

Police said they met with the 31-year-old victim at Yale-New Haven Hospital on Sunday and he said he’d gotten into an argument with his girlfriend, Shavoya Chin, 21, at his home on Arch Street and it escalated to her cutting him with a box cutter.

The victim had 16 lacerations, including on his arms, chest and neck, according to police.

Hamden Police, with help from New Haven Police Department, found Chin hiding in a closet on Young Street in New Haven.

She was arrested, transported to Hamden Police Headquarters and charged her with second-degree assault and disorderly conduct.

She was released on a $10,000 bond was scheduled to appear in court in Meriden on May 4.
 

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