Woman allegedly gets drunk and allegedly tries to stab her boyfriend

On 04-08-2016 at approximately 9:24 PM, Mendocino County Sheriff's Deputies were dispatched to a domestic violence incident in the 31000 block of Highway 20 in Fort Bragg, California.

Sheriff's Deputies were advised an adult male had reportedly been physically assaulted with a knife by his girlfriend, Marietta Louise McKee.

Sheriff's Deputies arrived and made contact with the adult male, who had dry blood on his hands.  Sheriff's Deputies observed an approximate 1-inch laceration to the adult male's right index finger and an approximate 1-inch laceration to the right palm.

Sheriff's Deputies learned McKee had been consuming alcoholic beverages while house-sitting a friend's residence.  McKee had become intoxicated and belligerent resulting in her yelling at the adult male.

McKee obtained a folding pocket knife and brandished the exposed blade toward the adult male.  Believing he was going to be stabbed by McKee, the adult male reacted by wrestling the knife away from McKee, which caused the injuries to his right hand.

Sheriff's Deputies determined McKee was on active Mendocino County summary probation for a prior domestic violence battery.

McKee was placed under arrest for violations of 245(a)(1) PC [Assault with a Deadly Weapon], 273.5 PC [Domestic Violence Battery] and 1203.2 PC [Violation of Probation].

McKee was booked into the Mendocino County Jail where she was to be to held in lieu of $35,000.00 bail.