Crime & Safety

Pennsylvania Woman Stabs Sleeping Husband's Neck: Report

The Berks County woman admitted to hurting her husband and claimed he had a second wife, according to reports.

A Pennsylvania woman has been charged with attempted murder after allegedly stabbing her sleeping husband in the neck, according 69 News and court records.

Zerong She, 42, of Fleetwood, Berks County, has been charged with attempted first degree murder, aggravated assault, possession of an instrument of crime, harassment, and recklessly endangering another person, court records show.

According to court records, She was arraigned on Nov. 16, the same day as the crime.

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Records show she was remanded to the Berks County Jail in lieu of $250,000 bail and is set to appear before a Berks County Magisterial District Judge on Nov. 22 for her preliminary hearing.

According to 69 News, She stabbed her husband in the neck while he was sleeping on Nov. 16 at the couple's Linden Street residence in Fleetwood.

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Police said She admitted to hurting her husband and that She claimed her husband had a second wife, 69 News reports.

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