An Iowa City woman and her teenage daughter were arrested this weekend after police say the teen stabbed a gas station clerk who owed her money.

Lametry Venus Hall, 43, is charged with first-degree robbery. According to a criminal complaint, she met her 16-year-old daughter at Casey’s Store at 204 N Dubuque Street on Saturday to collect a $200 debt from store clerk.

The daughter and the employee, both of whom are not identified in the complaint, began fighting and the daughter pulled out a knife and stabbed the employee. The employee was able to get away from the daughter and run into the kitchen area of ​​the gas station, but Hall followed her and continued to confront the employee about the $200, the complaint states.

The police were called and Hall and her daughter were arrested. Hall was released from the Johnson County Jail on Sunday after posting $25,000 bond. A no-contact order was filed on behalf of the gas station employee.

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