ST. MARYS, Ga. \u2014 A disabled St. Marys woman says she was attacked in her apartment after a woman came up to her door and smacked her with a tree branch.<\/p>\n
Sarah Crase says she was in the middle of a work call Tuesday morning with about 20 of her coworkers when she heard a knock on her door.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnlocked the door, opened the door,\u201d Crase said. \u201cNext thing, \u2018WHAM,\u2019 right across my face on the right side.\u201d<\/p>\n
Crase says a blonde woman dressed in all black with a ski mask whacked her with a tree branch before forcing her way into the apartment.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe got behind me and took both of her arms around my neck as tight as she could, choking me,\u201d Crase said. \u201cNext thing I know, I fall to the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n
Her coworkers told her they could hear her screaming throughout the attack, Crase says.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m screaming for help, 911, \u2018fire,\u2019 anything to get someone\u2019s attention.\u201d<\/p>\n
Finally, she says a maintenance worker stepped in and pulled the woman off her.<\/p>\n
>>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<<<\/a><\/p>\n Left behind from the attack was the ski mask, the branch Crase says was used to hit her, a trail of wood, and a long list of injuries.<\/p>\n \u201cI can\u2019t get rid of the headaches. I blink my eye, my eye hurts,\u201d Crase said. \u201cMy 17-year-old had to give me a shower yesterday because I couldn\u2019t even pick my arms up over my head. She had to wash my hair.\u201d<\/p>\n Amanda Ruth Sage, 33, was arrested and charged with battery the same day.<\/p>\n Camden County Sheriff\u2019s Office records show that she\u2019s from Jacksonville and has a lengthy criminal record.<\/p>\n Crase says employees at her apartment complex told her that Sage had been staying with another resident, but isn\u2019t technically a resident herself. They also told her she\u2019s been trespassed from the property.<\/p>\n Still, Crase says she hasn\u2019t felt safe since the attack, and that she\u2019s constantly looking over her shoulder.<\/p>\n \u201cI can\u2019t even go outside to smoke a cigarette,\u201d Crase said. \u201cI can\u2019t go check my mail. I can\u2019t walk my dog\u2026 I\u2019m afraid to be in this house by myself.\u201d<\/p>\n Now, Crase wants to make sure Sage is charged with attempted murder, not just battery.<\/p>\n \u201cThe woman tried to kill me,\u201d Crase said. \u201cI keep seeing it over and over. I\u2019m having nightmares at night now.\u201d<\/p>\n Action News Jax reached out to the Camden County Sheriff\u2019s Office to receive an up-to-date mugshot and learn if additional charges related to this attack are a possibility. We\u2019re still waiting to hear back.<\/p>\n [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/a>]<\/p>\n [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/a>] <\/p>\n Click here<\/a> to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, click here<\/a> to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and click here<\/a> to stream Action News Jax live.<\/p>\n Action News Jax Top Stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ST. MARYS, Ga. \u2014 A disabled St. Marys woman says she was attacked in her apartment after a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":385538,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[982,154449,9286,154450,55102,88568,154447,154448,154445,969,116,118,117,634,115,60470,154443,154446,154444],"class_list":["post-385537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-action_news","tag-amanda_rus_sage","tag-ben","tag-camden_county_sheriffs_office","tag-casey","tag-casey_stone","tag-cray","tag-cree","tag-hidden_bay_apartments","tag-jack","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-local","tag-news","tag-sage","tag-saint_mary","tag-sarah_cray","tag-tamika_hughes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=385537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385537\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/385538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}