Police: Man stabbed himself to avoid court

SPRING HILL, Fla., June 1 (UPI) -- Police in Florida said a man stabbed himself and made up a robbery story to explain why he failed to show up for court and didn't have child support money.

Hernando County sheriff's deputies said Michael Cherubino, 51, told them two men attacked him Tuesday at his Spring Hill home, stabbed him in the stomach and fled with about $4,000 of his money, the St. Petersburg Times reported Wednesday.

However, deputies said he later admitted he had cut himself with a piece of glass and invented the robbery story to justify missing a Tuesday court appearance and avoid paying the $4,000 he owes in child support.

The sheriff's office said Cherubino was issued a notice to appear on a charge of giving a false report to law enforcement.