DETROIT (WXYZ) — Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged Alisha Caver, 56, of Detroit, for the non-fatal stabbing of her two-year-old grandson.
Carver has been charged with child abuse first degree, assault with intent to do great bodily harm and felonious assault.
Detroit police officers were dispatched on October 20 at approximately 1:39 a.m. to a residence in the 5200 block of Chrysler Drive in Detroit for reports of a stabbing. Once on the scene, officers found the 2-year-old victim bleeding from the right side of his head. The child was transported to a local hospital by medics.
Police say, Caver stabbed her grandson multiple times in the head with a knife, non-fatally injuring him.
Caver was arraigned Sunday in 36th District Court. She was given a $10,000 cash/surety bond and a no contact order with the victim. Caver's next court appearance will be on October 26 for a bond redetermination hearing before Judge Kenneth King. The probable cause hearing has been scheduled to take place on October 31. Carver's preliminary examination has been scheduled on November 7.
