Arrest made in early morning cutting incident 
Evansville Police were called to the 1300 block of S. Fairlawn Ave around 2:30 Wednesday morning for an assault in progress.
Police located the victim, Jennifer Tabor, and saw her throat was cut. She was able to identify the suspect as ABBY BALLARD, 26.
According to Tabor, she was in a bedroom with BALLARD and a witness when BALLARD got upset about a comment made by Tabor.
BALLARD is accused of walking up behind Tabor with a box cutter and cutting her throat.
Officers found BALLARD a couple of blocks away and arrested her. She gave officers a false name when she was stopped.
Tabor suffered non-life threatening injuries.
BALLARD was arrested for Aggravated Battery with a Knife and False Informing. She is in the Vanderburgh County Jail.
Address/Location
Evansville Police Department
15 Northwest Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard
Evansville, IN 47708
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
