A Bronx girl fatally stabbed her boyfriend throughout a battle over the weekend – then overtly lied to cops that he was drunk and killed himself by stumbling right into a kitchen cupboard, prosecutors say.
Karlene Payne, a 31-year-old medical employee, knifed Joshua Johnson, 36, within the leg as the 2 fought inside their residence on Lincoln Avenue close to Bruckner Boulevard in Mott Haven round 4:15 a.m. Sunday, police mentioned.
She then “pulled the knife out of the sufferer’s leg, inflicting the wound to bleed excessively and quick” — and stashed the weapon within the dishwater whereas on the cellphone with 911, a prosecutor mentioned at Payne’s arraignment Monday.
Johnson was rushed to Lincoln Medical Middle, the place he was pronounced useless.
The couple had buddies over earlier than the lethal violence and began preventing as soon as their friends left, Assistant District Legal professional Zaid Abdullah mentioned in courtroom.
After Payne knifed her beau, she worsened his situation by pulling out the knife, regardless of having a medical background, Abdullah mentioned.
Payne referred to as 911 however concocted a narrative about what occurred, claiming that her beau “was drunk and fell into the kitchen cupboard,” in line with Abdullah.
She hid the homicide weapon within the dishwasher whereas she was nonetheless on the cellphone with 911, the prosecutor mentioned.
“It was not till hours later that she admitted that she did it and blamed the sufferer for her actions, admitted that she was not sincere at first as a result of she thought that they’d each get in bother,” Abdullah mentioned.
Payne was charged with homicide, manslaughter and felony possession of a weapon, in line with her felony grievance.
Abdullah requested that she be held with out bail, a request that was granted by Choose Eugene Bowen.
Her subsequent courtroom look is scheduled for Thursday.
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