Florida woman has a machete on a man sleeping because she wants to be with his wife: the cops.

A Florida woman is allegedly to hacked a sleeping man in his bedroom to try to get his wife to leave and run away with her, according to the police.

 

Fox News reports that 27-year-old Alana Gibson is facing multiple charges in connection with the incident after she reportedly broke into her home in Venice on Sunday around midnight. Gibson, who worked with the male victim, first assaulted him with a machete, then strangled his wife when she tried to stop the assault, the police said.

Gibson was confirmed to have left the area in a white pickup truck. Authorities tracked the woman as she made her way to Charlotte County until she was caught. The police found a machete, axe, and a bow and arrows inside the vehicle.

 “According to witnesses, Gibson began to strangle the wife when she tried to intervene. When other residents interrupted the attack, Gibson fled from the scene and led deputies on a vehicle pursuit into Charlotte County where she was eventually apprehended,” the police report read, according to the Port Charlotte Sun.

Both victims are presumed to be all right. The male victim is in a safe condition in the hospital.

Gibson is behind bars and faces charges of attempted murder, battery, armed burglary, and escape.