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Woman indicted on manslaughter charge in stabbing death
Posted: 04.09.2009 at 12:09 PM
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SYRACUSE -- An Onondaga County Grand Jury has indicted a woman on manslaughter charges in the death of a Syracuse teenager.

25-year-old Valdessa Johnson is accused of stabbing 18-year-old Yeisha Howard in December of last year.

Syracuse Police say the alleged stabbing stemmed from an ongoing dispute between the two. 

In addition to the manslaughter charge, Johnson was indicted on aggravated criminal contempt, assault and criminal possession of a weapon charges.

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