Suspect in stabbing of pregnant woman caught by FHP after fleeing across state lines

FLAGLER COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — A fleeing suspect was arrested in Florida on Monday, nearly two weeks after authorities said she stabbed a pregnant woman in the parking lot of a North Carolina grocery store.

Troopers with the Florida Highway Patrol said they received a BOLO for the suspect, Marvina Marie Butler-Hardy, on Monday after learning she was likely heading south from the Jacksonville area.

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A trooper patrolling I-95 in Flagler County later spotted a vehicle similar to the silver Hyundai Elantra described in the BOLO and conducted a traffic stop. The trooper quickly confirmed the driver was Butler-Hardy when she handed over her North Carolina driver’s license, the FHP said.

Butler-Hardy was taken into custody on her warrant from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department and booked into the Flagler County Jail…

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