NORTH AUGUSTA — An Augusta woman was arrested Oct. 19 in connection with an Oct. 11 stabbing incident on Melody Lane in North Augusta, according to a report from Aiken County Sheriff’s Office. 

Taken into custody was Diana Ixmatlahua-Bravo, of Walker Street, in Augusta. Charges included assault/attempted murder, first-degree burglary and possession of a weapon during a violent crime. 

The report noted that deputies arrived at the scene and “encountered a Hispanic male lying in the front yard of the residence bleeding,” and the victim, a Melody Lane resident, said that he “had been stabbed” by the suspect, “who then fled the scene in a dark Nissan sedan.”

A witness reported having heard the victim screaming and having seen him, through a window of her residence, bleeding from his neck. The victim was taken to an Augusta hospital.