An East Troy woman who admitted to stabbing her roommate in the head with a screwdriver will spend six months in jail and three years on probation.
Police were called to an Edwards Street apartment on March 27 by a crying woman who was bleeding from her head and had blood covering her hands and clothing. The woman told officers that her roommate, Raquel Mayer, had stabbed her in the left side of her head near the temple.
After telling officers she was “in a great deal of pain and was becoming dizzy and light-headed,” according to a criminal complaint, she was taken to Aurora Lakeland Medical Center for treatment of the wound.
On Nov. 20, Mayer pleaded guilty in Walworth County Circuit Court to a felony count of aggravated battery – intend bodily harm. She also pleaded guilty to a felony bail-jumping charge that stemmed from a May 19 incident during which police found her outside an East Troy bar smelling of intoxicants.
Officers said she admitted to drinking in violation of provisions under which she was released on bail in the stabbing case.
Judge John Race on Jan. 24 sentenced Mayer to jail and probation and ordered her to pay $2,080 in restitution to the roommate for her medical expenses. Race said Mayer could serve her jail sentence with work-release privileges, but must not use alcohol or illegal drugs.
