A Florida woman was so upset and agitated after arguing with her boyfriend over the new season of American Idol, she stabbed him.
Police in St. Petersburg have arrested Cynthia Bettis-Ware, 52, on charges of first-degree attempted murder after she stabbed live-in love Kevin Johnson, 47, before scalding him with a cup of hot chocolate, police spokeswoman Jennifer Dawkins told The St. Petersburg Times. The nearly-fatal attack took place at the Empress Motel on Martin Luther King Street, where the couple had been living.
Cops said the couple was watching American Idol on Tuesday night when they began arguing over something that happened on the show. That’s when Johnson changed the channel to stop the argument, before retiring to bed. Johnson woke up a short time later and saw Bettis-Ware wielding a 10-inch butcher knife.
Cops said she stabbed him five times in the back and twice in the chest, before severely burning Johnson with a mug of hot cocoa.