Woman Attacks Boyfriend With Machete: Police

Lake Zurich IL

27 July, 2020

2:46 PM

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LAKE COUNTY, IL — A 39-year-old woman faces domestic battery charges after she hit her boyfriend over the head with a machete, authorities said. Bophanary Om, 39, is being held at the Lake County Jail on a $30,000 bail after being charged with aggravated domestic battery, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon ad two counts of domestic battery, according to a news release from the Lake County Sheriff's Office. Deputies were called to a residence on West Lake Cook Road in Deer Park at about 9:30 p.m. on Sunday for a report of a domestic battery in progress, according to the press release. A preliminary investigation shows Om got mad at her boyfriend for urinating in the bed and then retrieved a machete, hitting him over the head with it. The boyfriend suffered a serious head wound and was taken to an area hospital where he is expected to recover, authorities said. Om is next due in court on Aug. 25.