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A 57-year-old grandmother threatened her daughter with a kitchen knife in front of her three-year-old grandchild.

Geraldine Marie Shingobe-Kegg of Hinckley was arrested Tuesday, Dec. 2 at her daughter’s home on Noopiming Lane near Onamia.

According to the criminal complaint, the daughter told Mille Lacs Tribal officer Mikael Christenson that Shingobe-Kegg became angry with something the three-year-old child did and an argument ensued.

When the argument escalated, the woman took her son away from the kitchen to a bedroom.

She then heard her mother open a kitchen drawer. Shingobe-Kegg allegedly then went toward her daughter with the knife, waving it back and forth, yelling, “come on!”

The woman positioned herself between her mother and son and told the officer she was afraid of Shingobe-Kegg.

The woman called 911 and Shingobe-Kegg put the knife away and left the residence with a 12-pack of beer.

When the officer arrived, he found Shingobe-Kegg walking east on Wakidaaki Drive toward Highway 169.

The officer had ordered Shingobe-Kegg to remove her hands from her pockets, which she did. There was no weapon on her (it was at the home and was photographed for evidence).

Shingobe-Kegg had three cans of beer on her. After she was arrested and brought to the Mille Lacs County Jail, a preliminary breath test was administered and she had a blood alcohol reading of .204 percent.

Shingobe-Kegg denied waving the knife at her daughter.

She was charged with second degree assault with a dangerous weapon which carries a maximum penalty of seven years in prison.

Shingobe-Kegg has also been charged with domestic assault. She was released on her own recognizance on Thursday, Dec. 4. biggrin