A homeless woman accused of stabbing a McAllen K-9 officer and threatening other police officers is in custody, Hidalgo County jail records show.

Latonia Wallace, 54, was booked into the Hidalgo County jail on Tuesday on multiple counts of aggravated assault against a public servant. She also faces charges of obstructing a highway passageway and interfering with a police service animal. Her bond was set at $295,000.

In a news release, the McAllen Police Department identified Wallace as the homeless woman who stabbed a K-9 officer named Mino outside a shopping center Tuesday shortly before 8:30 a.m.

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According to the release, officers were responding to reports of a homeless woman “last seen wearing b

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