NICEVILLE - A woman who was angry because her father wouldn't let her see her boyfriend was charged with battery after she threatened her father with a butcher knife, according to an arrest report.
On Jan. 6 the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office was summoned to a Capri Cove residence about a family disturbance.
A man at the residence said his 27-year-old daughter entered his room and asked to go to her boyfriend's house. When he said no, his daughter became irate and started arguing with him.
During the argument the daughter picked up a knife and began "prodding the knife towards him," the deputy wrote in the arrest report.
The man grabbed the knife and took it away from her, receiving a small cut in the process.
A witness said the daughter began "screaming violently and went to the kitchen to get a butcher knife. She began "prodding" toward her father's torso, the deputy wrote.
The daughter said she was struck by her father, four times in the stomach and five times in the face. The deputy didn't see any injuries.
She was charged with aggravated assault. Her court date is Feb. 26.
