N.C. Woman Charged with Malicious Castration
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Woman charged with malicious castration Sat Dec 30, 6:50 AM ET

A woman attacked a man in his genitals during a Christmas party, injuring him
badly enough that he needed 50 stitches, authorities said Friday. Rebecca
Arnold Dawson, 34, was charged with malicious castration in a fight early
Tuesday at a party hosted by the 38-year-old man's girlfriend, police said.

All three were heavily intoxicated, police Chief Frank Powers said.

Dawson is accused of grabbing the man's genitals. Police said a weapon was not
used. He declined to elaborate.

"I believe he needed more than 50 stitches to repair the damage, but he is
back home at this point," police Cpl. Brad Stevens said. "All we can tell you
is that the injury was done with her hands."

Dawson does not have a listed phone number.

State law describes malicious castration as cutting off, maiming or
disfiguring a person's genitals with the intent to hurt or render the victim
impotent.

Dawson, who was released Wednesday on $50,000 bond, also was charged with
offenses including assault causing serious bodily injury.

The castration arrest was the first of its kind in Lillington, a town of about
3,000 roughly 30 miles south of Raleigh, Powers said.

  

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