Woman accused of assault with knife

Okanogan County and Brewster law enforcement officers assisted Grand Coulee police in locating an Electric City woman wanted for stabbing her boyfriend with a knife May 18.

Arrested on assault in the first degree, domestic violence, and providing false information to a police officer, was Mercedes A. O’Dell, 22, of 138 Miller Ave., in Electric City.

Police say she tabbed Jacob M. Jackson, 24, who gave his address as Omak.

Officers had originally answered a call that a suicidal person was at the Miller Avenue address. When police arrived the officer saw a man being placed into an ambulance...