Woman Sentenced for Knife Attack at Dollar Store

SAN ANGELO— A San Angelo woman has taken a plea deal for threatening another person with a knife.

Yolanda Sanchez has accepted a plea deal for Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon for threatening a woman with a knife at a Family Dollar.

According to court documents, on April 24, 2020, law enforcement responded to the Family Dollar at 3013 North Chadbourne Street regarding an aggravated assault. Another officer said that the defendant, identified as Sanchez, was in a separate location and was being detained.

The victim said that she and Sanchez had gotten into a verbal argument. Sanchez became upset and tried to grab the victim by the neck. This led to a physical altercation inside the store. As the victim was trying to get Sanchez to leave the Family Dollar, she produced a knife and made threats to the victim.

The knife was recovered at the scene.

Sanchez was arrested and charged with Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon. She was booked into the Tom Green County Jail on April 24, 2020. Sanchez was indicted in June 2020. In exchange for a guilty plea, she was sentenced to two years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.