Lyft driver held in lieu of $15,000 bail for allegedly stabbing woman on Blue Hill Avenue

Kiona Thomas, 25, of Roslindale, was arraigned today on a charge of assault with intent to murder, after allegedly stabbing a Dorchester woman in the throat during a Christmas altercation, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.

Prosecutors say a woman called up a Lyft ride around 11:20 p.m.. on Monday to get home from a friend's home on Blue Hill Avenue. When Thomas arrived, though, the the woman and Thomas got into an argument over how many passengers would come on the ride. The woman called her friend, who rushed out:

After the victim arrived outside, she became involved in a physical altercation with Thomas, during which Thomas allegedly stabbed her in the neck and fled.

The victim was able to make her way to a nearby Boston Fire Department station, where firefighters rendered medical aid until the woman was transported to Boston Medical Center by Boston EMS.

Thomas turned herself in to Boston Police shortly before 2:00 a.m. Monday. She allegedly made statements during a post-Miranda interview indicating that she had been involved in a physical altercation with the victim.

Prosecutors had asked for bail of $75,000 at her arraignment in Dorchester Municipal Court.

Innocent, etc.