Monroe County Woman Acquitted Of Stabbing Charges

A Monroe County jury has found a 26-year-old woman not guilty on all charges originating in a fight last year in Sparta.  Julie Leatherberry had been accused of attacking the woman who was visiting her child at Leatherberry’s home.  When Leatherberry returned home, the two started arguing and the woman said Leatherberry grabbed a folding knife and stabbed her in the leg.  The incident happened in March 2016.  Leatherberry’s attorney says his client was acting in self-defense.  The jury acquitted her on charges of substantial battery, recklessly endangering safety, injury by negligent use of a weapon and disorderly conduct.