BAKERSFIELD, Calf. (KGET) — After shattering sliding glass doors with a hammer, Maricruz Luna entered a Lamont home and demanded a woman inside hand over her children or she’d kill her, according to court documents.
Luna then hit her in the head and back before the woman — her name is redacted — managed to wrest the hammer away and raise it toward Luna, who screamed and retreated, the documents say.
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Deputies arrived to find the woman outside, her children by her side. She was bleeding profusely from a wound to her head.
Still inside the home, Luna was “hysterically crying and screaming incoherently,” according to the documents. Deputies took her into custody and found a plastic baggie of suspected methamphetamine in her pocket.
Luna, 36, is being held without bail on charges including attempted murder, six counts of child cruelty — the filings say the children witnessed the incident — and vandalism. She’s due back in court next week.