Associated Press
ROCKY FORD, Colo. — Police in southern Colorado have apprehended a woman they say stabbed an officer in the neck and took off in his patrol car.
Police say the woman was caught at about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday by Colorado State Patrol troopers about 25 miles (40 kilometers) south of the town of Rocky Ford where the stabbing occurred.
The officer, who wasn’t immediately identified, was treated at a local hospital and was expected to make a full recovery.
Rocky Ford Police Chief Mickey Bethel says the incident occurred Tuesday afternoon while the officer was conducting a welfare check at a home. Bethel says 21-year-old Shayanne Maestas came out and stabbed the officer before fleeing in his marked cruiser.
Rocky Ford is about 160 miles (257 kilometers) southeast of Denver.
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