FAIRMONT, W.Va. — Police in Fairmont have made an arrest in an attack on a woman in a home on 14th Street Sunday.
Police said the victim arrived at the home she formerly shared with Benjamin Mayfield, 50, to get her belongings when an argument and struggle ensued. Mayfield is accused of putting the victim in a chokehold and slashing her throat with a knife.
Police said the victim was able to escape after the attack.
The victim is being treated for neck wounds and multiple cuts to hands sustained while defending herself at J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown.
Mayfield has been charged with attempted murder and is being held in the North Central Regional Jail on a $1 million bond.