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Modena woman assaulted husband while he slept, cops say

An Ulster County woman was charged after attacking her sleeping husband Tuesday with the handle of a folding knife, police said.

Janet E. Devine, 50, of Modena, was charged with second-degree assault and criminal contempt, felonies, in the attack on her husband Gary J. Devine, 48, the Ulster County Sheriff's Department said in a statement Thursday.

A deputy went at 11:45 Tuesday night...

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