TEQUESTA, Fla. — A candidate for Village of Tequesta Council told police she stabbed two relatives on Thursday because they were "the devil," according to a newly released arrest report.
Julie Mitchell, 54, running for Seat 1 on the council, is facing felony charges of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer, and resisting an officer with violence.
According to Mitchell's arrest report, Tequesta police officers responded to her home at on Golfview Drive just after 7:30 a.m. Thursday and found one of the victims outside with a "laceration to her head."
Inside the home, officers found Mitchell holding a "large kitchen knife" and "covered in blood," the report stated.