Pregnant twins among 4 hurt in knife fight

Monday, May 02, 2011
By CHARLES HACK
JOURNAL STAFF WRITER

A 21-year-old Jersey City woman was arrested after allegedly stabbing and slashing four women - including two pregnant twin sisters - during a fight early yesterday, police said.

Shantel L. McMullen, of Arlington Avenue, was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and possession of a weapon for unlawful purposes, reports said.

Police called to a location on Arlington Avenue near Cateret Avenue at 12:56 a.m. saw McMullen fighting with two women, ages 23 and 24, on the sidewalk, reports said.

When McMullen spotted the officers, she threw a long-bladed knife into the foliage in front of the building, reports said.

Police recovered the knife and restrained McMullen, reports said. The 23-year-old victim was bleeding from three stabs wounds in her upper left arm, while the 24-year-old was stabbed twice in her left arm, reports said.

A pair of pregnant 22-year-old sisters told police McMullen also stabbed them, one in her forehead, police said.

The four victims were treated at Jersey City Medical Center for non-life threatening wounds, police said.

McMullen was charged with the stabbings and treated by medical technicians at the police station for a minor cut, police said.

Reports do not indicate why the women were fighting.

View Larger Map Jersey City woman facing charges in stabbings of four women early Sunday sees judge set bail at $50,000 Tuesday, May 03, 2011 By MICHAELANGELO CONTE JOURNAL STAFF WRITER Bail was set at $50,000 for the Jersey City woman charged with stabbing four women, including two twins who are pregnant, when she made her first court appearance yesterday. Shantel L. McMullen, 21, of Arlington Avenue, appeared in Central Judicial Processing court yesterday via video link from Hudson County jail in Kearny. She is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, reports said. Police called to Arlington and Carteret avenues at 12:56 a.m. Sunday saw McMullen fighting with two women, ages 23 and 24, on the sidewalk, reports said. McMullen quickly discarded a long-bladed knife when she saw police, reports said. The 23-year-old victim was bleeding from three stab wounds to her left arm, and the 24-year-old was stabbed twice in her left arm, reports said. The pair of pregnant 22-year-old twin sisters told police McMullen also stabbed them, one of them in the forehead, police said. The victims were treated at Jersey City Medical Center for their wounds, police said.