Mary Jane Putnam of Butler, charged with attacking boyfriend with wooden statue at their home.

A 50-year-old Butler woman was arrested after a weekend assault that left her longtime boyfriend with a bloody head wound.

The unconventional weapon, city police said, was a wooden statue.

Mary Jane Putnam is being held in the Butler County Prison on $25,000 bail. She faces felony and misdemeanor assault charges.

Police said the suspected attack happened about 4:45 a.m. Sunday at the defendant's apartment in the 200 block of West Brady Street, where she lives with John Hecker, the alleged victim.

Hecker told police that Putnam is his girlfriend of eight years.

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