Background: Northwest 72nd Street in Miami-Dade County, Florida, near where the suspect was arrested (Google Maps). Inset: Leticia Puentes (Miami-Dade County Corrections and Rehabilitation).

Authorities have charged 39-year-old Leticia Puentes with aggravated battery using a deadly weapon, as per records from Miami-Dade County jail. This domestic dispute reportedly took place on a Thursday morning.

Reports indicate that Puentes and her son, whose age remains unspecified, were embroiled in a confrontation at their residence on Northwest 72nd Street, roughly six miles from downtown Miami. Around 8:15 a.m., tensions escalated when the son allegedly began hurling objects within the home.

The conflict revolved around disputes over a phone bill and the son’s repeated lateness to school, according to a report from WPLG, an ABC affiliate. The argument then took a violent turn.

The argument concerned a phone bill and the son”s tardiness at school, according to local ABC affiliate WPLG. Then the situation turned violent.

As the mother and son tussled on the floor of the home, Puentes “grabbed a fork and stabbed him behind the ear,” the son said, per an arrest report obtained by Law&Crime. Officers arrived at the home and saw the son with a “fresh bleeding puncture wound” behind his right ear.

Miami-Dade County first responders treated the victim’s injury at the home.

The mother admitted to stabbing her son with the fork, though she reportedly claimed it was in self-defense. She was arrested and booked into the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center and is being held on a $3,000 bond.