Michigan police say woman threatened husband with knife after he threw away her bottle of vodka

Associated Press

Last update: November 11, 2009 - 3:17 PM

CLAWSON, Mich. - Police said a woman threatened her husband with a 7-inch knife after he threw away her bottle of vodka as she slept in their suburban Detroit home. Clawson police Lt. Scott Sarvello told The Daily Tribune of Royal Oak the man returned home from work Sunday night to find his wife sleeping with a bottle of vodka. He threw away the bottle.

Sarvello said the 34-year-old woman woke up, argued with her husband, went back to sleep, then got up again and grabbed a knife from the kitchen to force him to get her vodka or give her the car keys.

Police said the man held her at bay with a chair while he called 911.

She was arrested and found to have a blood-alcohol level of 0.23 percent. She was arraigned Tuesday on a felony charge of assault with a dangerous weapon.

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Information from: The Daily Tribune, http://www.dailytribune.com

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