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Police: Man stabbed in argument over American Idol
Cynthia Ware is charged with attempted first-degree murder.
PINELLAS COUNTY (Bay News 9) -- A St. Petersburg woman is charged with attempted first-degree murder after police said she stabbed her boyfriend after an argument over American Idol.
According the St. Petersburg Police Department, Cynthia Eileen Ware and her boyfriend, Kevin Johnson, were watching American Idol Tuesday night and began arguing.
It's not clear what the couple were arguing about.
After Johnson went to bed, police said he woke about 11:20 to her stabbing and pouring boiling hot chocolate on him.
Police said Johnson grabbed the knife from Ware and ran to a parking lot, but Ware grabbed another knife and came after him.
Witnesses called 911 and police arrested Ware.
Johnson is in the hospital with non life-threatening injuries. He was stabbed in his back five times.
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