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Man charged with stabbing Decatur woman in front of children

Mendez Shuntae Hunter (Credit: DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office)
Mendez Shuntae Hunter (Credit: DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office)
By Ellen Eldridge
April 25, 2016

A Jonesboro man accused of stabbing a woman in front of children was arrested Monday, police said.

Mendez Shuntae Hunter, 36, is suspected of stabbing Matika T. Jackson several times with a knife on Sunday, the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.

The incident happened at an apartment on Covington Highway in Decatur, Cynthia Williams, a spokeswoman for the sheriff’s office, said.

Police also believe Hunter punched the woman in the arms and chest.

Hunter has been charged with aggravated assault, two felony counts of cruelty to children and family violence battery.

Hunter was arrested in Riverdale and taken to the DeKalb County Jail, where he was Monday night.

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