Miami woman accused of using hot sauce bottle as weapon

MIAMI – A Miami woman is facing a felony charge after wielding a hot sauce bottle as a weapon during a family dispute that began at a lounge and ended at her home in the city’s Little Haiti neighborhood, according to police.

A Miami Police Department arrest report states that the victim had gotten into a dispute with Tracy Lawson while celebrating a cousin’s birthday at Da Cave Miami, located at 13641 NW Seventh Ave. in North Miami, late Tuesday night.

That dispute continued as Lawson, 37, drove home with the victim and her mother, police said, and Lawson started to hit the victim while the victim was driving.

After arriving at their home on Northwest 70th Street, police said the victim told Lawson she wanted to fight and a brawl ensued. They said after the fight, the victim said she was done fighting and walked into her home.

Lawson, however, was not done fighting, according to police.

“The victim stated that before she could get inside the doorway, the defendant (Lawson) charge(d) at her in an aggressive manner, knocking the victim to the ground and start(ing) to pull the victim(’)s hair,” Miami police wrote in the report.

The victim’s 15-year-old son tried to break up the tussle, police said. The report states Lawson then “reached for and grabbed a hot sauce bottle,” swung it at the teenager and hit him in the head, causing a cut to his ear.

Police said as the victim got up off the floor to check on her son, Lawson “aggressively charged at her and slashed her in face with the broken hot sauce bottle, causing a laceration to appear on her right cheek.”

Authorities would respond and arrest Lawson early Wednesday morning on charges of attempted aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and misdemeanor battery.

She was being held in the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on an $8,500 bond as of Wednesday afternoon.