Woman Arrested After Swinging Knife At Boyfriend

Police say a Dubuque woman was arrested Wednesday for swinging a knife at, and assaulting her boyfriend. 22 year old Dashanae Richardson was arrested Wednesday at her residence on charges of assault while displaying a dangerous weapon and two counts of child endangerment. Reports say Richardson and her boyfriend, 32 year old Larry Powell, got into an argument as they were leaving their residence. It turned physical, with Richardson hitting Powell. Powell reported that Richardson went into the kitchen, grabbed a 6-inch kitchen knife and started to swing it at him, but he was not struck. Powell tried to take the knife from Richardson, and she pushed him into a wall, damaging it. She then fled when he said he was calling police.