Woman Stabbed Boyfriend in Willimantic: Police

Willimantic police have arrested a 24-year-old woman who is accused of stabbing her boyfriend early Friday morning.

Police responded to 101 Bolivia Street around 1:30 a.m. to investigate a stabbing and found a man outside who had been stabbed in the arm.

Police took the victim’s girlfriend into custody and said the stabbing happened after an argument occurred moments earlier.

Police have not identified the victim. Willimantic Fire/Rescue Ambulance transported the man to the emergency room at Windham Hospital and his injuries are not life-threatening.

Police brought his girlfriend, Jaqueline Costa-Barbosa, 24, of Brooklyn, to headquarters and held her on a $10,000 cash/surety bond. Connecticut state marshals then transported her to Danielson Superior Court this morning.

She was charged with first-degree assault.
 

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