By Shelley Smith
ssmith@salisburypost.com
SALISBURY ó A Salisbury teen was charged with assault on a police officer and her boyfriend was taken to the hospital after cutting his own throat with a butcher knife following a domestic disturbance Friday night, authorities said.
According to Salisbury Police Sgt. Mark Hunter, a caller reported that a man was holding a knife to a femaleís throat inside a home at 1016 W. Fisher St.
When officers arrived, they found a different scenario.
Hunter was first on the scene and went upstairs, gun in hand, and as he turned the corner into a bedroom he heard a lot of screaming, and found the woman, Shale Monique Glenn, 18, shielding her boyfriend, Bobby Wesley, who was lying on the ground bleeding from his neck.
Glenn told Hunter that Wesley couldnít breathe, and she continued to shield him, not moving away from Wesley as Hunter and the other officers who had arrived asked her to do.
Officers were able to move the large butcher knife that was found on the floor away from Glenn and Wesley, and officers again tried to get Glenn to leave Wesley, but she wouldnít.
ěShe finally left and she turned around and swings and hits me in the arm,î Hunter said.
Rowan EMS was called and Wesley was taken to Rowan Regional Medical Center.
Glenn was charged with assault on a government official and given a $1,000 secured bond.
Authorities said Wesleyís injuries were not life threatening.
Hunter said officers always have to be prepared for the worst when responding to any calls, especially domestic disturbances.
ěAnything could happen in these domestic situations,î he said.