Terryl Baker, 47, is charged with a first-degree misdemeanor charge of inducing panic. She is expected to appear in court Friday on the charge.
Baker became upset about 9:20 a.m. during a court hearing where she was called as a witness.
She left the hearing and went to the prosecutor's office on the third floor of the Barberton Municipal Court building.
Baker threatened to stab a 44-year-old prosecutor, witnesses told police. Three other prosecutors and court employees witnessed the encounter. Prosecutor's office employees set off an alarm on the third floor that caused the floor to be evacuated, according to a police report.
Baker left the building and a witness followed her. Barberton police tracked her down through a side alley and back in front of the building.
She cursed at officers and struggled with police when they tried to take her back inside the building, police reports say. A officer grabbed her, placed her in a wrist lock and took her to a jail cell.
Baker told police that she took three Xanax pills and "had only 'two shots of vodka that morning,'" a police report says. She continued to say she wanted to "stab that (b---h) prosecutor," according to a police report.
Officers found a folding knife in her purse, the report says.
Baker has been convicted of 13 misdemeanor crimes since 2006, including soliciting, drug abuse, domestic violence, unauthorized use of a vehicle, theft, trespassing and criminal damaging.
She has two felony convictions for possessing cocaine and theft.
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