Enraged from seeing the dating website Match.com on a man's computer last week, Lucy Melesky reportedly grabbed a mounted ax off the mantel and smashed it on the ground.
Melesky slung the ax over her shoulder and screamed at the man about the alleged unfaithfulness, he told Palm Beach County sheriff’s deputies.
Melesky, 45, was arrested the evening of April 18 on charges of battery and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Her relationship with the man is redacted in the arrest report, as is the location of the incident. However, Melesky told authorities she lives west of Greenacres. She also said she works as an EMT.
When sheriff’s deputies arrived at the home that Tuesday afternoon, Melesky was speeding off in a car, records state. Authorities pulled her over at a Sunoco gas station about a half mile from where she told them she lived.
Melesky was convinced the man was trying to meet other women through Match.com, the man told authorities.
The man ran to a bathroom after Melesky grabbed the ax, but the woman followed, he said. She reportedly pushed him into a bathtub, held him down and shoved her cellphone in his face, displaying messages she’d reportedly found on the dating site between the man and another woman.
Melesky was released last week from the Palm Beach County Jail under supervision. A judge ordered Melesky not consume either alcohol or illegal drugs and undergo random testing. She cannot possess weapons nor can she have contact with the man, except by phone.
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