Woman attacks nail salon worker with knife for not speaking English, Oklahoma cops say

A woman in Oklahoma was arrested on Sunday after police say she attacked a nail salon employee who wasn’t speaking English.

The nail salon in Oklahoma City was just about to close when Candace Muzny, 43, a regular at the establishment, walked in for a mani-pedi, KWTV reported.

Muzny was acting odd before becoming “aggressive” during the pedicure, employee Tiffany Nguyen told the outlet.

Nguyen was speaking with her boss in Vietnamese about her paycheck at Creative Nail when Muzny yelled at them to stop speaking the language before slapping Nguyen in the face, according to an affidavit.

Police say Muzny continued to yell and cuss at Nguyen before pulling out a black pocket knife and “waiving it around Nguyen’s face and neck,” the affidavit says. Muzny also told Nguyen she was going to kill her family before punching her in the face, police say.

An employee was able to call 911 and told dispatchers: “We have a belligerent customer that’s, like, going nuts in here and we need her out ASAP. She just slapped me in the face,” KFOR reported.

When police arrived at the scene and tried to arrest Muzny, she fought back as her dog pulled on the arresting officer’s boot, the affidavit says. When the officer turned toward the dog, Muzny slashed his ear with the pocket knife, police say.

The officer eventually got away from Muzny and was able to arrest her, the affidavit says.

Muzny faces a number of charges including aggravated assault and battery, police say.

This story was originally published January 14, 2020 at 12:53 PM.