Pregnant stabbing suspect faces judge

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) - A Massachusetts woman who's seven months pregnant faced a judge Thursday on charges she stabbed three other people in Providence after an argument.

The stabbing happened at the Manton Heights Housing Project on Wednesday. Nicole Bruton, whose pregnancy is considered high-risk, is charged with three counts of felony assault for the incident.

"This defendant produced a knife from under her shirt, and which time she stabbed and slashed these three individuals," said prosecutors.

The victims, ages 37, 18 and 13, suffered non-life-threatening injuries in the incident. Police said Bruton had fled the scene in a Porsche SUV, but was soon arrested.

Her attorney said in court Thursday that Bruton, a mother of three, has been the emergency-room coordinator at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston for two years.

"She is the mother of three children, she was down in that vicinity, because she had taken two of her children on school vacation to see their aunt," said Bruton's lawyer.

The judge set bail at $15,000 cash or surety. Bruton's fiancé said he plans to post bail.