A Washington woman,  has been arrested for trying to cut her sleeping husband’s neck and shoulder with a power saw.  The 36-year-old husband said he woke up to find a power tool on his neck.

The victim said it was dark when he first awoke but witnessed his wife holding the power saw as soon as he turned the light on.  He also told police he was cut with a hatchet. Court records indicated that a hatchet in the kitchen was wet and appeared to have been freshly washed.  He was treated in hospital for cuts to his neck and shoulder, according to reports.

According to the Daily Herald, the woman, 43, whose name has not been released,  told authorities she was holding the Sawzall power tool because an intruder had escaped out of her daughter’s window. However, after checking the girl’s room and finding it was fitted with a child lock and could not open more than a few inches, officers did not believe her.”There was no evidence there was an intruder,” stated Everett police Sgt. Robert Goetz.  Police did find smeared blood on the woman’s clothes, splattered blood on the carpet and walls inside the family home and also on a saw found on the bedroom floor.

The wife was arrested for first-degree domestic violence assault and a judge set bail at $250,000 Monday in Everett District Court.