Crime & Safety
Cleaver-Swinging Woman Wanting Smoke Goes to Trial: Court
A woman who allegedly slashed another woman's coat when she was refused a cigarette waives right to preliminary hearing.
A Clarkston woman who allegedly brandished a cleaver when she was refused a cigarette earlier this month at a party in Ferndale is headed to trial.
Misty Harlan, 39, waived her right to a preliminary hearing on felony assault charges during an appearance in Ferndale 43rd District Court Monday, The Daily Tribune reports.
Judge Joseph Longo bound Harlan over for trial in Oakland County Court. Harlan remains in the Oakland County Jail on $15,000 cash bond.
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Police said the alleged cleaver attack occurred Nov. 9 during a drinking party in the 2300 block of McDowell in Ferndale. Harlan allegedly asked for a cigarette from one of the women at the party, and when she was refused, a verbal dispute turned into a fist fight and then escalated.
Harlan reportedly retrieved a cleaver from the kitchen and swung it twice at the woman who refused to give her the cigarette, slashing the back of the victim’s coat.
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The victim was not injured.
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