Copyright by KXAN - All rights reserved Ethel Jean Banks

Copyright by KXAN - All rights reserved Ethel Jean Banks

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Austin police responded to a disturbance call between siblings Sept. 27 at 6:50 p.m. when a woman tried to stab her brother with a butcher knife, according to an affidavit.

61-year-old Ethel Jean Banks lives with her brother on the 100 block of Hergotz Lane. Police arrived at their residence after the brother called police from a neighbor's house stating that his sister attempted to stab him with a 10 inch butcher knife for eating her ribs.

He said in the affidavit his sister became enraged after she discovered he ate her ribs. He told Banks he did not know the ribs were hers. They argued in the living room before Banks escalated the situation by pushing him and getting in his face, according to the affidavit.

At this point, the brother told police, he pushed her back causing her to fall. Banks then went into the kitchen and came back with a butcher knife which she held aggressively up in the air.

Lunging at her brother with the knife poised Banks said "I'm going to kill you," according to the affidavit.

He told police he ran out of the house fearing for his life and held the front door closed to keep his sister inside. After unsuccessfully trying to open the door Banks said she was not going to let him back in to the house.

Running over to a neighbor's house, the brother immediately called police.

Once police arrived Banks told officers she was angered when her brother ate her ribs causing them to fight. She said he pushed her into a dresser creating a mark on her stomach. Banks refused medical treatment.

In the affidavit Banks initially claimed she told her brother to leave after they fought and nothing else happened. After further questioning she changes her story, explaining that her brother only thought she had a knife, but she never actually did.

Officer at the scene observed a butcher block in the kitchen with a knife matching the brother's description of the one his sister swung at him.

Police state in the affidavit they found Banks' story to be inconsistent. Investigating her past they discovered she has been accused by another family member for similar behavior in June.

Officers concluded that Banks was the aggressor.

Banks is charged with aggravated assault for family violence, a second degree felony.