Police: Wife pulled knife over vodka

CLAWSON, Mich., Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Police in Michigan said a woman charged with felony assault allegedly threatened her husband with a knife for throwing out her vodka.

Clawson police Lt. Scott Sarvello said the victim told police the husband arrived home from work Sunday night to find his wife, Rania Hijazi, 34, sleeping with a bottle of vodka next to her on the bed, The Daily Tribune, Mount Clemons, Mich., reported Thursday.

Sarvello said the husband threw out the vodka and Hijazi woke up a short time later and argued with him about the discarded alcohol. The husband told police Hijazi went back to bed for about an hour before getting up to reignite the confrontation.

"She kept asking him to go to the store to get her some vodka or food," Sarvello said. "He refused and she grabbed a knife out of the kitchen with a 7-inch blade."

Sarvello said the woman demanded her husband go to the store or give her the car keys but he held her at bay using a chair and called 911.

"When she heard him calling police she dropped the knife and went back to bed," he said.

Hijazi was arrested and charged with assault with a dangerous weapon.