LAUREL COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) - A Kentucky woman is behind bars after allegedly stabbing a woman and biting a juvenile girl during an argument.

In a release posted on Facebook, the Laurel County Sheriff’s Office says 37-year-old Melissa Rich was arrested just before 2 a.m. Saturday at an area hospital.

Police say Rich got into a verbal argument with another woman that escalated to her stabbing the other several times in the forearm and shoulder.

Police also say she bit a juvenile girl on the left forearm at some point during the argument.

Rich was arrested and charged with assault.

She is being held in the Laurel County Correctional Center.

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