Police have charged a mother and father with assault after the mother repeatedly stabbed her 10-year-old son in the arm with a kitchen knife while the father held the boy on the floor. The mother is alleged to have been upset because the boy and his brother destroyed the womans favorite stuffed animal. Police were called to the home by the childs 13-year-old brother who ran out of the house with a cordless phone during the assault and called 911. The incident occurred Sept. 20.
Jacqueline Weiner, 36, of 46 Concord St., Belmont, was arrested and charged with second degree assault and simple assault for allegedly stabbing her son. In an arrest affidavit, police said that in addition to stabbing wounds they found welts on the young boys right temple and bites on his body including his wrist, shin, breast, leg and neck.
Her husband, Steven Weiner, 48, who is listed in the court affidavit as the stepfather of the child, was arrested and charged with a felony count of criminal liability for conduct of another for allegedly holding the young boy on the floor while the stabbing occurred.
According to the affidavit drawn up by Belmont Police Corporal William Wright, Steven Weiner told police he and his wife had a "heated discussion" with the children earlier in the night.
Jacqueline Weiner, who police said, "appeared to be intoxicated" began to cry after she explained to Wright that the children had destroyed a stuffed animal of hers that she had owned for several years.
Wright stated that just after 8 p.m. on September 20, police received an emergency 911 call from a young boy at the residence asking for assistance because his mother was stabbing his younger brother, according to court documents.
Wright said when he and another officer from the department responded to the house, a Chevrolet pickup truck was beginning to back out of the driveway. Parking the cruiser behind the truck, Wright said he approached the operator of the truck, who he observed to be Steven Weiner. He then saw the young child sitting in the passenger seat.
"I could see the child had been crying and had visible red markings on his neck and face," stated Wright, adding when he asked the boy what had happened he said he had fallen off of his bike.
He had the young boy sit in the back of the police cruiser and Weiner stayed with the truck. Wright said he went and talked to the youngster, who had started to cry again.
"He told me he would tell me the truth as long as I did not allow him to go back to his parents," explained Wright in the affidavit.
Showing the officer his right arm, covered by a blood stained long sleeve shirt, the young child explained to Wright that his mother had been mad with him and stabbed him in the arm.
After calling for an ambulance, he stated that the child pulled up his sleeve and displayed "three distinct puncture wounds on his right forearm.
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Jacqueline Weiner, 36, of 46 Concord St., Belmont, was arrested and charged with second degree assault and simple assault for allegedly stabbing her son. In an arrest affidavit, police said that in addition to stabbing wounds they found welts on the young boys right temple and bites on his body including his wrist, shin, breast, leg and neck.
Her husband, Steven Weiner, 48, who is listed in the court affidavit as the stepfather of the child, was arrested and charged with a felony count of criminal liability for conduct of another for allegedly holding the young boy on the floor while the stabbing occurred.
According to the affidavit drawn up by Belmont Police Corporal William Wright, Steven Weiner told police he and his wife had a "heated discussion" with the children earlier in the night.
Jacqueline Weiner, who police said, "appeared to be intoxicated" began to cry after she explained to Wright that the children had destroyed a stuffed animal of hers that she had owned for several years.
Wright stated that just after 8 p.m. on September 20, police received an emergency 911 call from a young boy at the residence asking for assistance because his mother was stabbing his younger brother, according to court documents.
Wright said when he and another officer from the department responded to the house, a Chevrolet pickup truck was beginning to back out of the driveway. Parking the cruiser behind the truck, Wright said he approached the operator of the truck, who he observed to be Steven Weiner. He then saw the young child sitting in the passenger seat.
"I could see the child had been crying and had visible red markings on his neck and face," stated Wright, adding when he asked the boy what had happened he said he had fallen off of his bike.
He had the young boy sit in the back of the police cruiser and Weiner stayed with the truck. Wright said he went and talked to the youngster, who had started to cry again.
"He told me he would tell me the truth as long as I did not allow him to go back to his parents," explained Wright in the affidavit.
Showing the officer his right arm, covered by a blood stained long sleeve shirt, the young child explained to Wright that his mother had been mad with him and stabbed him in the arm.
After calling for an ambulance, he stated that the child pulled up his sleeve and displayed "three distinct puncture wounds on his right forearm.
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