A Florida man has been charged with assaulting his wife’s co-worker with an aluminum baseball bat after finding her in bed with her.

Detectives investigating the case found John Dimig, 33, at his home in Palm Beach County, Fla., and law enforcement detained him in June. according to WKMG news. He is being held at the Palm Beach Main Detention Center and is currently being charged with aggravated assault with a lethal weapon and attempted murder. police records.

At about 11:00 p.m. on June 17, police officers responded to a call about an “armed domestic dispute” in an apartment along the South Federal Highway. There, the media reported, citing an affidavit of arrest, that they found a man bleeding profusely in a “streak leading to the bedroom.” . The alleged victim was taken to hospital.

According to WKMG, the alleged victim, who was in the city from Arizona, went out for drinks with a colleague (the suspected attacker’s wife) before the two returned to their Airbnb apartment. The man was reportedly in bed with the attacker’s wife when Dimig appeared and beat him with a metal bat.

The alleged victim recalled Dimig telling him to “never come near his wife again.” according to WPEC CBS 12 news.

“I felt like he was trying to kill me,” said the alleged victim, according to an arrest report cited by the newspaper. (Related: Police charge 76-year-old woman with beating her husband to death with a cane)

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The report said Dimig had a bat for self-defense and entertainment, but denied hitting people with it and said he had been home most of the day when detectives found him. However, video evidence allegedly showed Dimig holding a bat and a woman’s voice shouting “John!” stop! He’s bleeding! “

Detectives searched Dimig’s residence and found “a black aluminum bat, a torn black T-shirt, and a white tank top undershirt with blood on it in the laundry room,” according to a WPEC report. said to have discovered His car was also found near the crime scene, the newspaper said.

Dimig is scheduled to appear in court again on July 17.