A pregnant mother was retrieving her child from her car when she was suddenly attacked by a repeat offender in North Carolina, according to local police reports.
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) has reported the arrest of Marvina Butler-Hardy. She faces charges for allegedly stabbing a pregnant woman in the parking lot of a Harris Teeter store located in Cotswold on March 18.
The injured woman is expected to recover fully, as her wounds were not life-threatening.
Investigators believe the attack was random, noting that there was no prior connection or interaction between the victim and the suspect.
Marvina Butler-Hardy, who was released from prison in April 2025, reportedly launched the attack with a steak knife against the 38-year-old victim outside the Harris Teeter in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Police allege that Butler-Hardy approached the woman at around 11:30 a.m. at the well-known grocery store.
The 38-year-old pregnant woman told WSOC-TV she was getting her toddler out of her car when the woman who pulled out of the space behind her stopped her car, got out, cursed at her, and attacked her with a knife.
“I was facing my toddler, getting him out of his seat, and thankfully turned around, and she was coming at me with a steak knife,” the victim, who asked not to be identified, told the local outlet.
“I pushed and kicked and screamed, and thankfully I think that scared her off,” she said.
The victim was stabbed in the sternum, but she and her unborn child are OK, WSOC-TV reported.
Marvina Butler-Hardy, who was released from prison in April 2025, allegedly attacked the 38-year-old victim with a steak knife outside a Harris Teeter in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department)
Following the seemingly random attack, CMPD released surveillance video of the suspect, later identified as Butler, and a “Be On The Lookout” for her vehicle.
On Monday, a Florida State Highway Patrol trooper spotted a silver Hyundai traveling south on I-95.
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department requested help locating the suspect’s car – a silver Hyundai. (Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department)
The trooper pulled Butler over on I-95 and she gave him an ID card instead of a license and when asked why, she said her license was suspended, WSOC-TV reported. The trooper provided the name of the woman he pulled over to another trooper who confirmed she was the suspect in the Cotswold stabbing.
Butler was arrested on charges including aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and battery on an unborn child. She is being held in the Flagler County Jail until she is extradited to Mecklenburg County.
Repeat offender Marvina Butler-Hardy, accused of stabbing a pregnant woman outside a Charlotte grocery store, was arrested by a Florida trooper on I-95 after a multistate search. (Flagler County Jail)
According to arrest records reviewed by Fox News Digital, Butler has a lengthy criminal history.
Records show she has nine prior convictions — six felonies and three misdemeanors — largely tied to theft-related offenses, along with more recent felony convictions for firearm possession and misconduct while in custody.
She was most recently released from prison in April 2025 and completed post-release supervision in January 2026.
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