A 33-year-old Madison woman was arrested Thursday night after stabbing and hitting her boyfriend in the face with scissors and dishware, according to a police report.
The Madison Police Department responded to the domestic disturbance on East Gilman Street and found the 36-year-old man bloody in the apartment. He told police he had been stabbed with scissors and hit in the face with a wineglass and that many dishes had been thrown at him.
According to the police report, the victim suffered a deep cut to his chin requiring 25 stitches, a gash to his chest, a cut under his eye, about 18 puncture wounds to his back and scrapes all over his body.
Doctors indicated that some of the puncture wounds had been close to being fatal, police said.
Police have charged the woman with domestic first-degree reckless endangering safety and criminal damage to property.