Police shot Lewis with a taser when she continued to move toward her husband after being told to halt.
WESTFIELD - A 30-year-old Holyoke woman was in custody Tuesday night on multiple assault charges after she stabbed her husband in the chest with a kitchen knife at 138 Rider Road, police said.
Denita Lewis was charged with single counts of assault and battery, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and domestic assault following the 6 p.m. incident, said Lt. Paul Kousch.
Police fired a taser to subdue her after she advanced again on her husband after police ordered her not to move, he said.
The husband, also a Holyoke resident, was taken by ambulance to Noble Hospital. His injuries were not considered life threatening, Kousch said. Police did not release his name.
The couple was at the home of an acquaintance when they began to argue, Kousch said. When the argument became physical, Lewis grabbed a kitchen knife and stabbed her husband, he said.