Jersey City woman attacks another woman with knife, pair of scissors

Published: Monday, August 08, 2011, 3:00 AM
By Charles Hack/The Jersey Journal

A 26-year-old Jersey City woman armed with a knife and pair of scissors cut a 33-year-old woman in the hand early Saturday, police said.

Keisha Hall, 26, of Pollock Avenue was charged with aggravated assault, possession of a weapon for unlawful purposes and unlawful possession of a weapon, police said.

Police were called to Claremont and Bergen avenues at 3:59 a.m. where they met the victim, police said.

The victim told police she was outside a house with some friends when Hall approached her and lunged at her, reports said.

The victim received a cut to the left thumb as she and her friends struggled to subdue Hall, reports said.