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Background: The Marathon, Fla., neighborhood where Danielle Banks lives with her boyfriend (Google Maps). Inset: Danielle Banks (Monroe County Sheriff’s Office).
In Florida, a woman is accused of hurling a knife at her boyfriend’s head after discovering he had sent a $5 payment to another woman via a mobile app.
Danielle Banks, 34, is currently held on a $75,000 bond, facing charges of aggravated battery and resisting arrest. According to an arrest report accessed by Law&Crime, the incident unfolded when Banks was reportedly looking through her boyfriend’s phone on Thursday. She found a $5 transaction to a “female friend” using a mobile payment app, as detailed by the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office. More information can be found here.
Authorities reported that Banks grew “upset” over this transaction, prompting a confrontation with her boyfriend.
The arrest report reveals that Banks’ frustration intensified, leading her to call her boyfriend derogatory names. Allegedly, the situation escalated when she struck him several times in the mouth and grabbed his shirt, which was later found torn and bloodstained by the police. Banks is then accused of grabbing a kitchen knife and throwing it “overhand” at her boyfriend, resulting in a facial cut.
Following the altercation, Banks reportedly fled from their Marathon residence and drove away. Her boyfriend dialed 911, alleging that Banks had “stabbed him in the face” before leaving. A U.S. Border Patrol agent in the vicinity began tailing her in an unmarked vehicle, eventually observing her stop at an apartment just a few blocks away.
By that time, according to the report, sheriff’s deputies were on the scene and spotted Banks. When Banks saw that deputies were on her tail, she “attempt[ed] to hide by ducking down inside the vehicle.”
Banks was detained. While she was being questioned by police, she claimed that she “threw a plate into the sink,” and a “shard” from the broken plate must have been what cut her boyfriend. She soon invoked her right to remain silent.
According to the arrest report, Banks’ boyfriend declined to provide a written statement and did not want deputies to enter the home to get the knife because “the property did not belong to him.” He was treated at the scene by first responders. Police said that he contacted his brother to pick him up, and he packed up his belongings and left.
Banks was charged with aggravated battery and resisting arrest without violence, a misdemeanor. She was booked into the Monroe County Jail, where her bond was listed at $75,000. Her arraignment is scheduled for Nov. 21.