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Greenville woman arrested and charged after stabbing her sister with a potato peeler – Queen City News

Courtney Cortright and Jason O Boyd

12 minutes ago

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) – Greenville police arrested a woman and charged her with assault after officers said she stabbed her sister with a potato peeler.

Greenville Police Public Information Officer Kristen Hunter tells WNCT’s Courtney Cortright that Jocelun Sherrod was arrested and charged with assault with a deadly weapon and a minor present. According to the Pitt County Detention Center, she was being held there under a $10,000 bond.


On Wednesday, police were called to a home on Marin Way for a report of an assault. She is accused of injuring her sister with the sharp edge of a potato peeler and threatening to kill her. The victim did not suffer any serious injuries.

There were two children in the home at the time of the reported assault.