A Halifax County woman is behind bars after sheriff deputies say she attacked a man with an axe handle.

It happened Saturday morning in the Scotland Neck area.

Lawmen say when they arrived they saw Wilma Crandall holding an axe handle and the male victim was bleeding from the head and arm.

Crandall is in jail with no bond and the victim was taken to a community hospital to be treated.

Here is how the information came to WITN from the Halifax's Sheriff's Office:

In the early morning hours of 08-15-09 Deputy Buford White responded to an Assault in the Scotland Neck area of Halifax County. When Deputy White arrived he found the residents fighting in the house. The victim was bleeding from the head and the arm. The female, Wilma Crandall was holding an axe handle. Halifax County EMS transported the victim to Our Community Hospital where he was treated for his wounds. Deputy White took Crandall into custody and she was later charged with Assault with a deadly weapon causing serious bodily injury. Crandall was placed into the Halifax County Jail under no bond with a court date of 09-08-09.