South L.A. candidate was charged with stabbing a woman in 1993. She says they’re friends

Michelle Chambers was 19 and living in Harrisburg, Pa., when she pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor for stabbing a pregnant woman with a kitchen knife in 1993. “That’s one of the reasons I’m running for state Senate — to ensure that the criminal justice system works for everybody, not just the wealthy and well connected.” Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn is flanked by Councilwoman Deidre Duhart, left, and state Senate candidate Michelle Chambers, right, in front of the statues of her father, Kenneth Hahn, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Compton on March 27, 2024. Anybody who claims she ‘stabbed me’ is lying and doesn’t understand what happened.” Tobey wrote that she is supporting Chambers’ run for office and said “it’s offensive that anyone would try to use what happened between us 30 years ago to smear her like this.” Former Dauphin County Dist. John F. Cherry wrote in a Jan. 19, 1994, indictment that Chambers, then known as Michelle Lomax, “did intentionally or knowingly cause or attempt to cause bodily injury to another with a deadly weapon.” The document said Chambers “stabbed the victim in left side and right thigh” with a kitchen knife and cited her with aggravated assault with a weapon, a felony in Pennsylvania. The state Department of Justice said in a statement that it requires a “fingerprint-based state and federal criminal record check for all individuals prior to employment.” California Atty.