Plea hearing set for Coralville woman accused of stabbing at her children
Lang
4/27/19
A plea hearing has been set for a Coralville woman accused of poking at her young children with a knife, injuring one.
On Friday Judge Paul Miller set a date of May 30th. Trial is set for July 9th.
Police say they were called to the Boston Way residence of 29-year-old Whitney Claybon on January 11th on a report she had assaulted her five- and two-year-old children, with arriving officers being told by witnesses that Claybon had been poking and stabbing at the children.
Those witnesses said she had poked at the arms and legs of the older child while he tried to crawl away and stabbed at the younger child’s chest. She also allegedly held the knife up to each child’s throat.
Police say the five-year-old suffered a cut to his arm while the two-year-old was uninjured.
Claybon wasn’t arrested until nearly two weeks after the incident because she had been taken to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, being held on an in-patient basis. She was arrested upon her release on Jan. 22.
Claybon is charged with Child Endangerment Causing Bodily Injury, Child Endangerment and two counts of Assault While Displaying a Dangerous Weapon. If convicted on all charges, she faces up to 11 years in prison.
A no-contact order has been put in place between Claybon and the children.