A 34-year-old woman and her 29-year-old boyfriend were each arrested after they reportedly assaulted each other.
Robin Leigh Nichols, 34, was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon (family violence), a second-degree felony. Joshua Lee Stephens, 29, was charged with assault (family violence), a class C misdemeanor.
The reported assault happened around 11:48 p.m. Nov. 8 in the 800 block of Seminole Street, an Odessa Police Department probable cause affidavit stated.
Upon arrival, officer Katelyn Paredes reportedly heard a loud disturbance and banged on the door quickly. Paredes held the subject inside at gunpoint and ordered the man to the ground. The man was detained and identified as Stephens.
Stephens was bleeding from the left hand and was asked where the injury came from, to which he stated that on Nov. 7, his live-in girlfriend, identified as Nichols, stabbed him in the left hand causing pain and several cuts, the affidavit stated.
During the investigation, officers reportedly saw several cuts, including one on Stephens’ left middle finger that was severe enough that medics advised that he would need stitches. Stephens declined further medical treatment.
Officers made contact with Nichols and she was uncooperative with the investigation, the affidavit stated. Officers were unable to get further information from Nichols.
Officers reportedly spoke to a witness at the scene, identified as Ashlee Skinner, who stated that around 11:45 p.m. Nov. 7 that Nichols told Stephens “Don’t walk up on me” and swung a knife at him causing cuts on his left hand.
Skinner also witnessed the two assaulting one another as Nichols and Stephens were charged, arrested and transported to the Ector County Law Enforcement Center.
Nichols has one bond totaling $25,000 and was still in custody as of Wednesday afternoon, jail records show. Stephens had one bond totaling $386 and he posted bail on Nov. 9.
