Woman indicted in attack on grandmother

WARREN — Crystal Goodrich, the Leavittsburg woman accused of stabbing her 81-year-old grandmother three times on Monday afternoon, is indicted on charges that could land her in prison for up to 28 years.

Goodrich, 29, of Emert Road, was indicted by a grand jury Wednesday afternoon in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court on charges of felonious assault, attempted murder and kidnapping.

She will be arraigned at 1 p.m. today by Judge John M. Stuard in common pleas court.

Police said Goodrich went to her grandmother’s apartment on Ridge Road at 6:30 a.m. Monday and held the woman, Ruth V. Jenkins, at knifepoint until about noon, when Goodrich’s mother arrived.

At that point, Goodrich told her mother, Cathy Lane, she was going to kill Jenkins, police said. Lane stepped between the two women and kept Goodrich away from Jenkins until police arrived.

But when Lane went to unlock the door to allow a Newton Falls police officer inside, Goodrich stabbed Jenkins twice in the chest and once in the arm.

Jenkins is hospitalized but expected to survive. Goodrich is in Trumbull County Jail, being held on $1 million bond.

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