CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - A Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office employee has been arrested after she allegedly stabbed a co-worker multiple times on Monday.

The sheriff’s office said the stabbing happened at the Arrest Processing Center during a fight between employees.

Officials said the employee who stabbed her co-worker was LaKisha Easter. Other sheriff’s office staff members were able to restrain Easter before she was subsequently arrested by Charlotte-Mecklenburg police.

The sheriff’s office said Easter has since been fired, and had been with the agency since 2012.

Easter was in the process of being booked into the Mecklenburg County jail early Monday afternoon and will be charged.

“This was an isolated and extremely unfortunate event,” Sheriff Garry McFadden said. “We are gratefu

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