Woman Finds Couple in Her Bed, Attacks Woman With Butcher Knife: Police

A Hamden woman attacked another woman with a butcher knife after coming home to find a couple in her bed, according to police. 

Hamden Police said they responded to an apartment on Fitch Street Oct. 29 to investigate an assault and the victim, a 24-year-old Hamden woman, told police a man she was communicating with on social media invited her over. 

When the resident, 32-year-old Lenee Myers, came home and found the couple in her bedroom, she grabbed a butcher’s knife and “hit” the knife against the 24-year-old woman’s skin, then punched her in the eye, according to police. 

The victim sustained an eye injury and had cuts on her chest, arm and back, police said. 

On Nov. 30, Hamden police arrested Myers at her home and charged her with second-degree assault and disorderly conduct. 

She was held on a court-ordered $10,000.00 bond is due to appear in court in Meriden on Dec. 13. 

It’s not clear if she has an attorney.

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