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Grown woman had catfight with girl, 15, then poured boiling water on her, cops say

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Swaroop, A. (2026, October 2). Grown woman had catfight with girl, 15, then poured boiling water on her, cops say. Daily Mail. https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16179161/Midwest-woman-catfight-girl-poured-boiling-water-cops.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

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Daily Mail · collected 2026-10-02 · by Ananya Swaroop

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On Sunday evening at around 7:00 PM, Oakland County Sheriff's Office received a call about an escalating brawl in Pontiac, Michigan. When police arrived, they found approximately 50-100 people fighting in a parking lot of Arborview Village. After the fight was partially contained, Shanell Lakeisha Cohen, 31, allegedly went into her house and returned with a pot of boiling water, targeting a 15-year-old girl who was involved in separate altercations with others. Cohen splashed the hot water onto the teenager's back, causing severe burns that required hospitalization. As a result, Cohen has been arrested and charged with assault with intent to do great bodily harm, less than murder or strangulation.

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📰 Woman Attacks Teen With Boiling Water
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Ananya Swaroop
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Fox 2 Michigan Oakland County Pontiac WDIV

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Cohen PERSON · 5× Fox 2 ORG · 2× Oakland County GPE · 2× Pontiac GPE · 2× Shanell Lakeisha Cohen PERSON · 2× WDIV ORG · 2× Michael Bouchard PERSON · 1× Michigan GPE · 1× The Daily Mail ORG · 1× The Oakland County Sheriff's Office ORG · 1×

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After the fight was subdued, police said that Cohen went into her house and returned with a pot of hot water in her hand, heading toward the teenager who was involved in a separate altercation with other people.
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🔮 Individuals that do so will be held to account,’ Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard told Fox 2.

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A 31-year-old Michigan woman was arrested by police for pouring boiling water on a young girl during an intense brawl. asserted
woman → arrest → brawl
Identified by the police as Shanell Lakeisha Cohen, the woman got physically involved with the 15-year-old teen and took the drastic step of hurting the girl in a hostile manner. asserted
woman → identify → manner
The Oakland County Sheriff's Office said it received a call at around 7.00pm on Sunday about the fight that had escalated in a residential area in Pontiac, Fox 2 reported. asserted
Fox → say → Pontiac
The police arrived to see around 50-100 people fighting in a parking lot of Arborview Village. asserted
people → arrive → Village
After the fight was subdued, police said that Cohen went into her house and returned with a pot of hot water in her hand, heading toward the teenager who was involved in a separate altercation with other people. asserted
who → subdue → people
She approached the girl and splashed the piping hot water onto her back, hurting her excessively. asserted
She → approach → her
The teen was taken to the hospital after suffering extensive burns. asserted
teen → take → burns
Cohen was arrested on charges of assault with intent to do great bodily harm, less than murder, or strangulation, WDIV reported. asserted
WDIV → arrest → murder
Shanell Lakeisha Cohen, 31, threw boiling water on the 15-year-old teen during a fight. asserted
Cohen → throw → fight
Cohen was was taken to the Oakland County Jail asserted
Cohen → take → Jail
The police arrived at the scene and stopped the fight, but Cohen was not done. asserted
Cohen → arrive → fight
She went insider her house and got a pot of hot water. asserted
She → go → water
She approached the girl who was involved in another fight with different people and splashed the water on her The teen was rushed to the hospital after the accident. asserted
teen → approach → accident
She remains hospitalized with third-degree burns to her neck and the majority of her back ‘We have another sad example of a verbal dispute, escalating into dangerous physical violence. asserted
We → remain → violence
Individuals that do so will be held to account,’ Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard told Fox 2. asserted
Bouchard → do → Fox
The Daily Mail has reached out to the Oakland County Sheriff's office for comment. asserted
Mail → reach → comment
Cohen admitted that she poured the hot water on the teen during the police inquiry. asserted
she → admit → inquiry
She was taken to the Oakland County Jail. asserted
She → take → Jail
Her bond was set at $75,000 cash or surety after the defendant's first formal court appearance before Magistrate Thomas-Scruggs in 50th District Court. asserted
bond → set → Court
Her next court appearance is scheduled for October 13 at 1.30pm. asserted
appearance → schedule → 1.30pm
The teen remains hospitalized with third-degree burns to her neck and the majority of her back, WDIV reported. asserted
WDIV → hospitalize → back
Lasheron Gray, the mother of the teen, told WXYZ: ‘I guess she felt that a 15-year-old was beating her up and she went in the house and got boiling water and came out and threw it at my daughter.’ asserted
she → tell → daughter
She added that the incident has taken an emotional toll on the daughter. ‘She's not doing good at all. asserted
She → add → daughter
She'll require extensive medical care, she's still currently in the hospital. asserted
she → require → hospital
She's been in there since Sunday night,’ Gray said. asserted
Gray → say → night
Bouchard also talked to the outlet and said that incidents like these have unfortunately become very 'common' now not just in Pontiac, but all across the state and the country. asserted
incidents → talk → state
He said that groups of people gather and when someone has a disagreement, ‘part of the crowd gets involved, it gets more physical and then somebody pulls out a weapon.’ asserted
somebody → say → weapon
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