Florida woman accused of chucking machete at neighbor who complained she was being too loud

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A Florida woman was arrested after she chucked a machete at one of her neighbor’s faces after they asked her to keep the noise down, Lee County deputies said.

According to NBC affiliate WBBH , neighbor Jamie Dos Santos was trying to sleep on Monday night when he heard his neighbors partying outside of their home in south Fort Myers.

Dos Santos said he went out and asked his neighbor, identified as 44-year-old Ruby Mancha, to lower the volume since it was midnight.

“Ruby or the girl over here decided that she didn’t like that I said ‘put earplugs in’ and go back in my house,” Dos Santos told WBBH. “There were a couple beer bottles thrown at me, a couple open can beers that were splashed on me and my trailer.”

After approaching Mancha, Dos Santos said she grabbed a machete and swung it towards his face. He said it would’ve struck him had he not ducked out of the way. Instead, it hit his trailer, causing damage.

“I don’t know where it came from,” he added. “She was standing here arguing with me, she grabbed it from somewhere and just flung it, you know what I think it was, I think it was from the banana tree.”

Mancha called 911 herself, but after officials reviewed security camera footage, they arrested her on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon.

“I don’t think her intent was to kill me but she could’ve took my eye or gashed my head,” Dos Santos told WBBH.

Deputies said Mancha “went hysterical” during the arrest and had to put shackles on her legs as they transported her to a nearby jail.

“I don’t want her around no more, she’s dangerous and she can’t control her temper when she’s drinking…,” Dos Santos said. “So I’m good with Ruby, she can stay up the street.”

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