Woman, boyfriend charged with January attack on her father in Papillion
Updated: May 9, 2021 at 4:35 PM CDT
PAPILLION, Neb. (AP) - An 18-year-old woman and her boyfriend have been arrested on suspicion of trying to kill her father.
According to court documents, Gabriella Laws and her 18-year-old boyfriend, Joshua Fithian were both arrested last week in connection with the Jan. 17 attack in Papillion. Officials said Fithian assaulted Laws’ father with a mallet, but the man survived.
Fithian and Laws have both been charged with attempted first-degree murder, assault, and a weapons charge. Laws and Fithian were being held in the Sarpy County Jail on Sunday.
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