A woman has been arrested for allegedly stabbing two people Tuesday night in Auburn.
Kelli Vroman, 39, of Auburn, was taken into custody that night after hiding in the attic of her residence on Liberty Street, the Auburn Police Department said in a news release Wednesday.
Police survey the crime scene after a stabbing on Holly and Seymour streets Tuesday night.
The department said that officers from Auburn, as well as the聽Cayuga County Sheriff's Office and New York State Police, responded to a 911 call about the stabbing in the area of Seymour and Holley streets. There, two adult female victims with stab wounds identified Vroman to officers. Police said she was known to the victims prior to the stabbing.
Kelli Vroman
Officers then went to Vroman's residence and located her. She has been charged with two counts of second-degree assault and one count of fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon. She was transported to the Cayuga County Jail for centralized arraignment.
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Auburn and state police investigate a stabbing at Seymour and Holly streets that led them to a house on Liberty Street Tuesday night.
The victims were taken to SUNY Upstate Medical University with non-life-threatening injuries.聽
Auburn police said the incident appears to have been isolated, with no threat to the public.
Auburn police investigate a stabbing Tuesday night in the area of Seymour and Holly streets.
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