Woman stabbed with a broken bottle in Bradenton bar, cops say

A 32-year-old Bradenton woman was arrested for felony aggravated battery in September of 2019, after a witness claimed she stabbed another woman with a broken bottle during a bar fight, according to the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office.

Prosecutors ultimately declined to pursue charges.

Deputies, in the original complaint, had said Tiya Henri cut the other woman, causing a laceration from her back shoulder to her armpit.

According to an arrest report, a fight broke out outside the Oneco Rose Bar and Package, 103 Cortez Road W., at about 2:45 a.m. Monday. The victim was involved in the fight when she was pepper sprayed by an unknown person and then stabbed.

At least two witnesses claimed they saw Henri pick up the broken bottle and stab the victim in the back of her shoulder, according to the report, a claim Henri denied.

Henri told deputies that she came out of the bar and saw her friend “getting jumped,” then claimed to hear gunshots, the report states.

Henri claims to have grabbed her friend and the pair ran across the street to get away from the fighting, but she declined to offer any further information, according to the report.

According to court documents, prosecutors declined to pursue the case any further in December of 2019.

This story was originally published September 5, 2019 at 7:51 AM.