A police officer was responding to a report of a stabbing at a home along Mitchell Hill Road in Corbin, Kentucky, at around midnight on Oct. 23 last year when they encountered 34-year-old Crystal Denham sweeping her porch, according to a court citation.
Denham told the responding officer that she used a kitchen knife to stab her neighbor and cousin, identified as Michael Barton, the document, which was obtained by the Smoking Gun, showed.
Barton had asked his cousin to return a sex toy she had borrowed from him, but Denham refused, and an argument between the two ensued, she claimed.
Authorities did not disclose any further information regarding the adult toy.
During their argument, Denham allegedly told her cousin to get off her property.
Barton did not comply and instead proceeded to grab Denham by one of her elbows, which led to Denham using a kitchen knife that she had in her hand to stab him, police were told.
While Denham claimed she “didn’t think she even drew blood,” the responding officer discovered that Barton suffered three minor cuts, one on the left arm, another on the left armpit and the last one located around the center of his back, according to the document.
Barton, who refused to be provided emergency medical aid at the time, also revealed that Denham stabbed him after he saw her “acting crazy” and he tried to leave.
Police attempted to arrest Denham following the incident, but she tried to resist.
“Mrs. Denham began arguing and yelling, stating she wasn’t going to jail,” the court citation read.
When the officer pulled their taser, Denham “took a fighting stance,” according to the document.
“She formed a fist with each of her hands, bladed her body in a fighting stance, swelled her chest out and began approaching me,” the officer claimed.