A Fort Myers woman tried to keep her husband from leaving her by stabbing him in the butt Saturday night, authorities said.

Lee County Sheriff's Office deputies responded to "a possible stabbing" in the 400 block of Baltimore Avenue shortly after 10 p.m., according to an arrest report.

When they arrived, they found Francisco Nunez-Ortiz, 36, with blood on his right hand, the report states. He told deputies his wife had stabbed him in his butt.

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Deputies found his wife sitting in a black truck in front of the home, according to the report.

Lee County Emergency Medical Services arrived and treated Nunez-Ortiz's injury, which was bleeding lightly and was "consistent with being stabbed with a small knife," the report says. He refused to be transported to the hospital and said he would treat the injury himself.

Nunez-Ortiz then told deputies that he and his wife, who have been married for two years, had gone out together that night, the report says. While they were out, she was flirting with different people and he got upset. He decided to leave her and began packing his things once they got home, according to the report.

Nunez-Ortiz's wife got mad he was leaving, he said in the report. The couple started arguing and then his wife picked up an approximately five-inch blade knife and started swinging.

Nunez-Ortiz moved out of the way and tried running out the bedroom door, but that's when his wife stabbed him in his right butt cheek, the report states.

He then ran outside and called the police, the report states.

Deputies couldn't find the knife, which Nunez-Ortiz said she had probably thrown or hid somewhere, according to the report.

Nunez-Ortiz declined to provide a written sworn statement on the incident because he didn't want his wife to go to jail, the report says.

Deputies arrested Yeimarie Colon-Martinez, 29, and charged her with aggravated battery using a deadly weapon.

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