Law enforcement responded to a reported stabbing in rural Mount Vernon Thursday, July 15.
According to the Linn County Sheriff’s Office:
Police responded to Ivanhoe Circle in Mount Vernon at 9:17 p.m., after getting reports of a stabbing. Emergency personnel reported they found Charinea Triggs, 28, and Kevin Gouchee, 58, arguing. During the altercation, Triggs allegedly stabbed Gouchee with a knife in the upper left chest.
Gouchee was transported to a local hospital to receive treatment for his wound.
Police then arrested Triggs and charged her with domestic abuse with a weapon and willful injury. She was taken to the Linn County Jail.
Linn County Rescue, Mount Vernon-Lisbon Police, Mount Vernon Fire, and Lisbon-Mount Vernon Ambulance all assisted at the scene.
The incident remains under investigation.