Two Boys Stabbed In Pork Chop Dispute

DECEMBER 21--Meet Tammie Josette Peter. The Louisiana woman, 31, allegedly stabbed her 12-year-old son and 15-year-old brother after discovering that the older boy was cooking pork chops for himself. According to the below report prepared by Ouachita Parish sheriff's deputies, Peter went nuts after returning to her Monroe home late Sunday evening and seeing her sibling "cooking two pork chops for himself and none for anyone else." After throwing one chop at the boy, the "altercation turned physical," with Peter stabbing her son in the shoulder when he tried to keep her from arguing with the older child (the boy received stitches at an area hospital). The older boy wasn't so lucky. As Peter's boyfriend was preparing to take the 15-year-old somewhere else to spend the night, the woman allegedly stabbed her brother in the chest (the boy is hospitalized in critical condition). Peter, locked up in the Ouachita Correctional Center in lieu of $15,000 bond, has been charged with two counts of aggravated battery. This is the second pork-related story out of Ouachita Parish in the last few months. (2 pages)