Florida Woman Accused in Nutcracker Attack

(Palm Bay, Florida) A 19-year-old local female, Brianna Del Rio, has been accused of attacking her boyfriend with a nutcracker in a domestic dispute stemming from messages left on her cell phone. Del Rio faces a charge of battery.

Police officers arrived to find a man identified as Del Rio's boyfriend with cuts on his face and a bite mark on his side. Del Rio will have an Aug. 24 hearing on the charge.

Police said the couple had gotten into an argument Aug. 6 over the cell phone messages, prompting Del Rio to attack the man, first by slapping him, then by hitting him with a wooden nut cracker and other objects.

Del Rio was booked in to custody at the Brevard County Detention Center.

Tip: C. Nestor