A Newport woman will spend a decade in prison after she stabbed her 6-year-old son several times in May of 2018, and told police that “he deserved it.”

Villagomez was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in prison for stabbing her 6-year-old son last year.Lincoln County Sheriff's Office

Nemoria Villagomez, 35, was sentenced Tuesday for one count of attempted murder. She was initially charged with 10 additional counts, including one more charge of murder, one of strangulation and one of causing a person to ingest a controlled substance.

Newport Police Chief Jason Molloy said Tuesday that the boy survived his injuries but did not have an update on his condition.

According to court documents, Villagomez attacked her son with a steak knife, puncturing his liver and lung and cutting his chin.. Though the charge was dismissed, Villagomez was charged with choking another one of her sons, a baby, and causing him to ingest methamphetamine.

Molloy said he didn’t know exactly what caused Villagomez to attack her children but said she had a history of being contacted by law enforcement. Court documents show that Villagomez had another domestic violence charge and pleaded guilty to fourth-degree assault in 2016.

According to court documents, the 6-year-old ran to a neighbor’s apartment after he was stabbed and said his mother was trying to kill him.

Police went to Villagomez’s apartment and found a pool of blood on a coffee table, a steak knife with blood on the handle and blood on the walls. They found Villagomez lying on the bed with the baby, both covered in blood, according to an affidavit.

According to court records, the Department of Human Services took custody of Villagomez’s older son from her in 2014 after investigating Villagomez for drug use.

On Facebook, Villagomez posted pictures of her sons but also described disciplining them. In October, she posted about punishing her son for “blatant disobedience, huge fits and talking back ALL the time," writing that she grounded him with no electronics or toys.

—Jayati Ramakrishnan; 503-221-4320; jramakrishnan@oregonian.com; @JRamakrishnanOR

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