An Albert Lea woman entered provisional not guilty pleas Thursday afternoon in Freeborn County District Court in connection with last month’s stabbing in Albert Lea.

Ashley Nicole Randall, 22, faces charges of second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon, felony domestic assault and recklessly handling or using a dangerous weapon after allegedly stabbing her ex-boyfriend Dec. 26.

Randall entered her pleas in her first appearance with a lawyer. She is being represented by Kelly Dawn Martinez.

Randall was charged after officers from the Albert Lea Police Department and Freeborn County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to 802 E. 18 1/2 St. at approximately 3:22 a.m. Dec. 26.

Officers found the alleged victim, a 27-year-old man, in the kitchen of the residence. The man claimed that Randall had stabbed him.

Officers at the scene reportedly seized a knife with a black blade and a black handle from the kitchen floor of the house and observed drops of blood in the kitchen and the bathroom.

Randall was reportedly found walking across East 18th Street near Clayton Avenue and was arrested. Her hands reportedly had blood on them, according to court documents.

Randall reportedly told police that she and the alleged victim had lived at the residence for about a month and had been in a relationship for six months.

Randall claimed she had been drinking that evening and when she got back to the house she said she got a knife from the bedroom drawer to prevent people from trying to break into the residence.

Randall said she heard someone at the door, so she opened the door and saw a person on the steps. She claimed the alleged victim ran up and began fighting with her, and she couldn’t remember what happened after that.

The alleged victim reportedly sustained an approximately half inch to an inch wound to the abdomen and was transported by ambulance to Mayo Clinic Health System in Albert Lea. He was treated and released the next day.

The alleged victim claimed that Randall was at his residence when he returned home with a another person. He claimed Randall began fighting with that person. He said he was stabbed when he went to pick Randall up after she fell to ground, and that Randall didn’t have the knife when she fell to the ground. He said he wanted to think it was an accident.

Randall is next slated to appear in court Jan. 27.

A settlement conference is scheduled for April 21, and a jury trial is scheduled for June 28 if the case is not settled.

If convicted of second-degree assault, Randall faces a maximum sentence of seven years in prison and a $14,000 fine; if convicted of felony domestic assault, she faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.