Saturday, September 25, 2010
A Wheaton, Ill., Mother and teen daughter are charged with attacking another Mom and daughter with steak knives because of a nasty comment that was made on Facebook.
Judith E. Scott-Booker (pictured) is charged with a felony aggravated battery and her 18-year-old daughter, Brianna Smith, faces misdemeanor aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and battery charges.
The feline feud began in early September, when another young woman went on Facebook and commented on how Smith's newborn baby was "ugly." Smith then pointed the finger at friend Natia Robinson, also 18, and somehow blamed her for the nasty post.
Robinson's mother, Tiffany Scott, and Scott-Booker were somehow brought in to the disagreement. In order to squash the false accusation and prove her daughter's innocence, Scott invited Scott-Booker and her daughter to her townhouse, so that they could check her daughter's e-mail trail.
Instead, the meeting got out of hand and tempers flared. Scott said Smith became irrational and physically violent, so she asked the women to leave her home. The dueling pair actually did leave but waited outside Scott's townhome.
Approximately 15 minutes later, when Scott went outside and walked toward her car, she was attacked by the Mother/daughter team who were now wielding kitchen knives:
"I didn't even know I had been stabbed until I was back inside my house. There was blood everywhere," Scott told the Daily Herald Monday.
Scott, who is not well and walks with a cane, tried to shield her daughter from Scott-Booker's blows and was punched several times and struck in the eye. The 39-year-old Mom received multiple stab wounds in her shoulder, underarm area, nape of the neck near a major artery, in the back and wrist.
Smith is charged with repeatedly attacking Robinson, as well as placing a knife against the teen's wrist. Robinson was not stabbed.
"I could have died. I keep playing it back in my head. This is someone who has followed me around and for years tried to befriend me," Scott said. "I still don't understand why she did this. She's toxic."
Both families live in the same townhouse complex, but their daughters actually met in grade school and had been friends for at least 10 years.
After the knife attack, Smith took to Facebook yet again and accused Scott and Robinson of instigating the out-of-control confrontation. The young woman apologized that someone got hurt but then commented on her page, "That's the price we all pay when we play silly games."
Scott-Booker, who is still in jail and unable to make a $7,500 bail, is due in court on September 27th; daughter Smith posted a $100 bail and must make a court appearance on October 13th.
Meanwhile, Scott and Robinson are looking to change diggs to a less stressful setting in order to avoid any possible future run-ins. She is also encouraging her daughter to refrain from using the social networking site that got them in the mess that they're in currently:
"I hate Facebook," she says.
Source: Black Voices