A Florida man is being charged with breaking into a home and stabbing a woman while she was asleep inside.

Jose Sarmiento Lanza, 33, is accused of two counts of burglary with battery and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.

A Florida man is being charged with breaking into a home and stabbing a woman while she was asleep inside.
A Florida man is being charged with breaking into a home and stabbing a woman while she was asleep inside.

A woman in Florida is being charged after she is said to have broken into a man's home, stabbed him while he was sleeping, and tried to escape from law enforcement.

On Sunday, a man named Bonnier Jose Sarmiento Lanza, 33, broke into a woman's home on New York Drive in Tice, Florida, and stabbed her multiple times while she was sleeping, according to the Lee County Sheriff's Office.

Lanza also hit another person inside the home before fleeing the scene.

Bonnier Jose Sarmiento Lanza
Bonnier Jose Sarmiento Lanza, 33, is charged with two counts of burglary with battery and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. (Lee County Sheriff’s Office)

The sheriff's office's drone unit tried to find the suspect while deputies provided medical care to the woman with multiple wounds.

Deputies track down and detain Lanza as drone footage captures him walking through a neighborhood.

Police pursue fleeing suspect in Florida
The woman is listed in stable condition. (Lee County Sheriff’s Office)

""Once again, technology and dedicated patrol deputies working together have resulted in the apprehension of a violent, fleeing suspect," Sheriff Carmine Marceno stated."

According to the sheriff's office, the woman is in a stable condition.

Drone footage of fleeing suspect
The suspect and the woman knew each other, the sheriff's office said. (Lee County Sheriff’s Office)

The sheriff's office said Lanza and the woman knew each other.

Lanza is accused of two counts of burglary with battery and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.

by Landon Mion

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