Police arrest suspect in Tuesday morning’s alleged stabbing
Police have arrested 22-year-old Keisha Falcon on suspicion of aggravated battery after she allegedly stabbed another woman at a Lawrence apartment Tuesday morning.
Falcon and the alleged victim, 38-year-old Sherry Averitt, knew each other before the incident, said Sgt. Trent McKinley of the Lawrence Police Department.
Officers were dispatched to the 2500 block of Redbud Lane just before 2:20 a.m. Tuesday in response to the reported stabbing.
Averitt told police Falcon approached her home that morning and knocked on the door. After Averitt saw Falcon and attempted to close the door, Falcon allegedly pushed her way inside and attacked her. Falcon allegedly punched Averitt, pulled her hair and struck the back of her head with a liquor bottle during the fight, McKinley said.
Averitt reported she was cut on the arm by an object, though “it could not be determined what object caused the injury.”
Both women were examined by medics, and Averitt was treated at Lawrence Memorial Hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.







