20-year-old Mykiah Sherwood-Scott was involved in a domestic disturbance with her ex-girlfriend, Lea Huntington, at their Summit East Nashville apartment on August 11th. When officers arrived and split up Sherwood and Huntington for questioning, they both denied there ever being an altercation. However, Huntington later, during the interview, stated that Sherwood pulled out a red pocket knife and punched a hole in two of her air mattresses. Huntington informed officers that her current girlfriend was in the living room when Sherwood damaged her first mattress.
According to Huntington, sometime during her altercation with Sherwood, Sherwood attempted to cut her with the knife. Despite this statement by Huntington, officers didn’t observe any injuries. When officers spoke with Huntington’s girlfriend, she corroborated all of Huntington’s statements. During her discussion with officers, Sherwood confessed that she used the knife to damage one of Huntington’s air mattresses only after Huntington grabbed her belongings. Sherwood added that she only used the knife for the mattress. Sherwood was taken into custody and charged with vandalism.
Mykiah N. Sherwood Scott of Murfreesboro Pike in Nashville, TN, was booked into the Metro Nashville Jail on August 12th, charged with vandalism. She is free on a $100 bond.
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