Woman arrested in alleged knife attack in Hazel Dell

A woman was arrested Sunday in Hazel Dell after she allegedly cut the neck of a man sitting in his vehicle outside of an apartment building.

Ester J. Mitchell, 49, was arrested on suspicion of first-degree assault and booked into the Clark County Jail, according to a news release from the Clark County Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies were dispatched about 1 p.m. to the Willow Creek Apartments, 8500 N.E. Hazel Dell Ave., for a report of a malicious mischief incident. Mitchell was the suspect for the call.

Responding deputies quickly discovered that a man had been attacked with a knife while sitting in his vehicle outside of the apartment building where Mitchell lives, the sheriff’s office said.

“Deputies discovered the adult male was sitting in his vehicle when an arm reached in through the open window with a knife and cut him across his neck,” the news release says.

The man tried to move his vehicle when the woman started reaching back inside with the knife still in her hand. Deputies said Mitchell was trying to cut the victim again. He managed to get the knife away from the woman, and she left the scene.

While deputies were speaking with the victim, Mitchell came out of her apartment building armed with a butcher knife. She walked toward a deputy and was told to drop the knife. She immediately complied and was taken into custody.