A Deptford woman charged with stabbing a relative during a domestic dispute will face trial, the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office has announced.
WOODBURY -- A Deptford woman charged with stabbing someone in her home during a domestic dispute will face trial, the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office has announced.
A list of indictments handed down last week said that Kelly Higgins, who was arrested at the end of April in connection with a stabbing on Williams Avenue, will be tried for one count each of aggravated assault, unlawful possession of a weapon and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose.
Kelly A. Higgins, of Deptford Township, was charged with aggravated assault and weapons offenses after a stabbing on Williams Avenue in Deptford. (Salem County Correctional Facility) The incident occurred at 3:30 a.m. April 30, when Deptford police responded to a call that they "quickly determined was an incident of domestic violence." Law enforcement did not go into detail about the circumstances of the stabbing, or the weapon Higgins is accused of using.
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In other Gloucester County indictments:
- Jennifer Bock, 24, of Williamstown, was indicted for third-degree possession of a controlled substance for a July 19 incident.
- Matthew Celeste, 33, of Pitman, was indicted for receiving stolen property on Feb. 18.
- Efflee Grady, 32 of Clementon, will stand trial for third-degree shoplifting charges out of Monroe Township.
- Lindberg P. Kelly, 34, is charged with fourth-degree inflicting harm on a law enforcement animal, resisting arrest and eluding law enforcement in a Deptford incident Feb. 11.
- Jonathan Lopez, 33, of Monroe Township, has been charged with third-degree threatening to kill in a Feb. 14 incident.
- Shamar McNeil, 26, faces charges of possession of a controlled subtance in Williamstown.
- Theresa Rathof, 33, of Mantua, is charged with for fourth degree child abuse in a March 12 incident.
- Paul Packer, 41, of Glassboro, faces charges of lewdness observed by a child in a Feb. 10 borough incident.
- Quamere Reading, 24, of Bridgeton is charged with second-degree unlawful possession of a weapon in a March 21 Mantua incident.
- Donald Scurry, 23, of Glassboro, is charged with unlawful possession of a weapon and certain persons not to have weapons for an incident that occurred on March 21 in Mantua.
- Tyler Wardle, 19, of Glassboro, faces third-degree charges for disclosing images of another person's "intimate parts" in Franklinville in January.
- Matthew Reiners, 19, of Mantua, is charged with third-degree receiving stolen property and fourth-degree theft by conveyance in East Greenwich Jan. 21.
- Daniel Morris, 43, of West Deptford, was indicted on charges of a sex offender failing to provide notification of an address change March 26.
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