A Butler woman is accused of cutting a man's neck with a broken wine glass, leaving him in need of hospital treatment in Pittsburgh for a possibly severed jugular vein.

Butler police on Monday obtained an arrest warrant for 33-year-old Tara J. Kyles-Edge on a charge of felony assault stemming from the weekend altercation at her home on Wagner Avenue.

Mark Holmes, 32, of Butler suffered at least a 6-inch cut from below his left ear to the middle of his throat, police said. He was treated and later released.

A 911 call just before 2 a.m. Saturday sent police and emergency crews to the 500 block of West New Castle Street for a man bleeding profusely from a slicing wound to the throat.

Holmes, who was covered in his own blood, told treating paramedics “Tara” caused his injury, according to court documents.

He was taken to Butler Memorial Hospital before being flown by medical helicopter to an unspecified Pittsburgh hospital.

Investigators described the defendant and victim as friends who had gotten together with another friend for drinks at Kyles-Edge's apartment.

But at some point, she and Holmes got into an argument, police Sgt. Ben Spangler, the investigating officer, said in his affidavit.

The suspect during an interview at the police station told investigators that after asking Holmes to leave her apartment, she threw a glass at him.

Spangler, however, doubted that account, based on the victim's injury. She was released following her interview Saturday and advised that the investigation was continuing.

Holmes later told police that the defendant grabbed a wine glass and hit him with it on the side of the head.

“She then swung the broken glass across his neck,” documents said, referring to Holmes' account, “causing the large laceration.”

He left the home and began walking to his house on West New Castle Street.

Holmes told police that his jugular was cut and he “had lost feeling to the left side of his face.”

Police said the cut on Holmes' neck was “consistent” with his version of what happened.