Tuesday, November 10, 2026

Woman arrested in stabbing incident

Kateshia Hayes (Courtesy NHCSO)

WILMINGTON — Law enforcement has taken a 28-year-old woman into custody for a stabbing incident that took place at apartments on Saint Andrews Drive.

On Friday afternoon, WPD officers were dispatched to the Crosswinds due to a woman screaming for help. Upon arrival, they were told a victim of a stabbing was taken to the hospital in a private vehicle.

The police ascertained, upon investigation, Kateshia Hayes assaulted the victim during an argument.

Hayes was arrested and is charged with assault inflicting serious injury.

She is currently being held at the New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office Detention Center under a $25,000 secure bond.


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Shea Carver
Shea Carver
Shea Carver is the editor in chief at Port City Daily. A UNCW alumna, Shea worked in the print media business in Wilmington for 22 years before joining the PCD team in October 2020. She specializes in arts coverage — music, film, literature, theatre — the dining scene, and can often be tapped on where to go, what to do and who to see in Wilmington. When she isn’t hanging with her pup, Shadow Wolf, tending the garden or spinning vinyl, she’s attending concerts and live theater.

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