The girl ran into a bedroom and attempted to close the door, police said. The boy then tried to reach around the door with the knife.
The mother told police she wanted her son charged.
The boy was taken to the Butler County Juvenile Detention Center. He appeared in court this morning and he was sent back to the juvenile detention center.
He will have a pre-trial hearing Wednesday before Magistrate Patricia Wilkerson, according to court documents.
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