ATHENS – A woman in Athens was awakened by a man who threatened to kill her with a machete.

Farrahsha Lumpkin of Winterville Road in Athens, was asleep in her mobile home when she was awakened by an intruder, whom she knew, who was trying to choke her.  He also threatened to hack her with his machete.

The victim reported to police that the man threatened to kill her.  Lumpkin defended herself and broke free of the choke-hold.  She ran to a neighbor’s house and called the police.

The man escaped the scene before police arrived.