CRESTVIEW – A man faces charges after he cut a woman with a knife during a fight, Crestview police say. The incident took place Aug. 8 at a Bay Street residence, the Crestview Police Department report indicated. The officer noted the woman was bleeding from her thumb, which appeared to have been cut with a knife. The woman said she and 62-year-old Robert Lee Williams of Crestview got into an argument on the front porch of his house. She said he charged at her with a knife and cut her thumb. She couldn’t describe the knife and left without knowing what Williams did with it. Williams denied cutting the woman or even having a knife. However, the officer noticed Williams was wearing a pocket knife holster on this right front hip that was open and empty. Officers didn’t find the knife. Williams was charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and resisting an officer without violence. His plea date is Sept. 24.
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