OTTUMWA – An Ottumwa woman is facing charges after authorities say she stabbed her boyfriend multiple times with a knife over the weekend.

According to court records, on Sunday morning, at around 5:00am, 27-year-old Kierstyn Puffinbarger stabbed the victim three times with a knife: twice in the arm, and once in the leg. The stabbing took place in their shared residence in Ottumwa. Police described the attack as “unprovoked.”

Puffinbarger has been charged with willful injury, a class D felony, as well as domestic abuse assault while displaying or using a weapon, an aggravated misdemeanor. She was taken into custody and transported to the Wapello County Jail, and later freed after posting a $7,000 bond. She has also been ordered to not have any contact with the victim.