- May 16, 2024
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An Ormond Beach woman was arrested in Flagler County after deputies say she broke into her ex-husband's home and tried to stab him in his sleep.
The Flagler County Sheriff's Office reports that 40-year-old Melinda Gould called 911 just after 2:40 a.m. on Friday, April 26, to request a wellness check on her ex-husband's home in Bunnell. She told the 911 operator that "she had just woken up from a nightmare in which she heard gunshots at his residence where her children were staying," according to a press release.
When a deputy arrived at the home, he saw that all the lights were off and that he observed no suspicious behavior. He called the woman back and reported this, to which she responded with profanity.
Then, at 3:48 a.m., deputies responded to the home once again after receiving a second 911 call — this one from a woman claiming that her ex-husband's wife had broken into the home, stood over their bed while they were sleeping and attempted to stab him.
When deputies arrived, Gould was being held to the floor by her ex-husband, according to the press release. A fillet knife was found nearby.
The FCSO reports that, after receiving a call about her ex-husband's wellbeing, Gould attempted to buy a gun from a man she saw across the street to kill her husband. Because she couldn't obtain the gun, she grabbed a knife from the couple's kitchen under the guise of checking in on her children.
She was arrested for aggravated assault, armed burglary of a dwelling/structure, and two counts of child abuse mental injury. She as also charged with trespassing after a warning, after she was previously trespassed from the home in October 2022.
Once in jail, the FCSO reports, she was involved in a physical altercation with another inmate.
She is being held without bond at the Sheriff Perry Hall Inmate Detention Facility. She was previously arrested in 2023 for trespassing and in 2022 for battery on a law enforcement officer or EMT.
