Lisa Marchesoni
Posted: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 2:23 pm

A deputy court clerk was charged with aggravated domestic assault after deputies accused her of chasing her adult son with a knife Monday.

Clerk Karen Morris, 50, of Daly Drive was charged after she allegedly threatened her son, Travan Hill, with the butcher knife, Deputy Tony Taylor reported.

Her 11-year-old son, who was upset and crying, told deputies his mother and brother got into an argument about a window being left open and she threw a phone at his brother.

Morris allegedly got a knife and went after Hill who threatened to break a chair. She responded, “I’m not going to cut you. I’ll kill you and I’ll go to jail,” the deputy reported. She apparently tossed the knife at Hill as he left the house.

She suffered an injury to her left foot but refused transport to the medical center.

When interviewed, Morris told deputies she worked as a clerk. She told police she was angry because her son left the window open in 100-degree heat, he cursed her and locked his bedroom door.

“I told him if one of those chairs get broke, I’m sticking you,” Morris told Taylor.

When Taylor told Morris he was going to arrest her, she repeatedly told him where she worked. During the booking process, Morris told Taylor, “I work at the Courthouse and you couldn’t give me a break. I know the judges at the Courthouse and I’ll get a hearing tomorrow.”

Taylor responded he had a job to do.

Morris’ hearing was set Sept. 15 in General Sessions Court. She was released on bond.

Circuit Court Clerk Eloise Gaither said she placed Morris on leave temporarily.