article_snippet: Detectives initially said that McCarty had stabbed the children with a butcher knife, though the children later retracted the statement and said the statement is not clear how the children were injured.
article_snippet: McCarty, pictured with her partner Chris Swist, daughter Laci McCarty (right) and sons Philip McCarty (center) and Christopher Swist (in her arms), called the police on her on Friday .
article_snippet: Palm Bay police apprehended McCarty outside her home at about 6pm.
article_snippet: Police reportedly received two phone calls - one from McCarty and one from the father of the five-month-old baby, Chris Swift, who arrived home to find her three young children unconscious, according to WPTV.
article_snippet: McCarty, pictured left with partner Chris Swist and McCarty two eldest children Laci and Philip and right again with Chris Swist, was treated for injuries and put into custody .
article_snippet: McCarty was in the front yard when apprehended, but McCarty 'wasn't showing McCarty hand' after several requests to do so.
article_snippet: McCarty then showed McCarty was holding a knife and refused to put a knife down, police said.
article_snippet: Police Chief Mark Renkens said that McCarty 'has a bit of a history', having been convicted of acquiring a controlled substance by fraud and violating parole in 2013 and a reckless driving charge that was reduced from a DUI in 2009.
article_snippet: McCarty was treated for McCarty injuries and taken into custody, according to WFTV.
article_snippet: Police have yet to interview McCarty.
highlights_snippet: McCarty, called the police on McCarty .
  
highlights_snippet: Police arrived at about 6pm on Friday, finding McCarty on the front lawn armed with a knife .
  
highlights_snippet: McCarty was detained and taken to hospital for treatment of McCarty injuries .
  