Waxhaw woman arrested in Florida accused of stabbing pregnant woman

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A Waxhaw woman accused of stabbing a pregnant woman at a South Charlotte Harris Teeter is in custody in Florida. Police say Marvina Butler-Hardy didn’t even know the victim when she confronted her in the Cotswold Village Shopping Center parking lot nearly two weeks ago.

Troopers outside of Jacksonville Florida spotted Marvina Butler Hardy driving down interstate 95 with a broken windshield. When officers asked her for ID, she admitted her license was suspended. Troopers ran her name and found the warrant for assault with intent to kill and battery of an unborn child.

“That goes to show you the importance of traffic stops for safety inspection and regulatory violations,” Dan Redford, President of Charlotte Mecklenburg FOP President said. “For those who who sit here and criticize, you know, police officers for pulling people over for seemingly minor offenses, I mean, this is just a prime example of, of how that mentality and mindset, it just just isn’t valid for good law enforcement.”

Butler-Hardy will be brought back to Mecklenburg County to face the felony charges. Police say she did not know the victim when she stabbed her in the parking lot of the grocery store in daylight hours.

“There’s got to be a point in which, you know, either society takes, takes responsibility for it and we do something to mandate mental health treatment, or the individuals that are suffering from this take some, you know, take some accountability and get the help and the treatment that’s available to them,” Redford said.

Butler-Hardy has an extensive criminal history with multiple felonies ranging from larceny to assault dating back to the 2000s. She just ended parole for a larceny charge in January.
North Carolina legislation like Iryna’s Law and the Pre-Trial Integrity Act are designed to address repeat offenders.

“We can legislate our way out of it, but if judges are more concerned with finding loopholes in the system to allow violent offenders out on the streets, I mean, we can legislate this to death, then it’s not going to fix the problem,” Redford said.

Butler-Hardy was still in a Flager County Detention Center Tuesday night.