--- title: Florida: Officers Find Over 3,700 Blades in Woman's Home description: She used at least one to try to attack an officer canonical: https://time.com/4039453/blades-florida-woman/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-09-17T21:32:25.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:48:06.356Z og:title: Officers Find Over 3,700 Blades in Florida Woman's Home og:description: She used at least one of those blades to attack an officer og:url: https://time.com/4039453/blades-florida-woman/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Officers Find Over 3,700 Blades in Florida Woman's Home twitter:description: She used at least one of those blades to attack an officer twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Officers Find Over 3,700 Blades in Florida Woman's Home ## Video: Are Hands Free Cell Phones Safe? 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Deputies traveled to the home of Nickole Dykema Tuesday evening where probation officers were attempting to serve her several warrants, according to a [press release](http://www.hernandosheriff.org/applications/pressreleases/PressReleases/20150917%5FUPDATE%20-%20Deputies%20Use%20Minimal%20Force%20to%20Arrest%20Dangerous%20Felon.pdf) from the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office. Instead of cooperating with the officers, Dykema reportedly hid inside her home and cursed at them. When officers forced their way in, they say she wielded a large blade and nearly stabbed a sergeant. Upon entering the home, officers noticed several rooms filled with throngs of blades and knives—at least 500 per room in the trailer. A Hernando County spokesperson told [CNN](http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/17/us/florida-womans-weapons/index.html) the home was also replete with fake body parts, prop skulls, and Satanic images. Dykema’s neighbors told [WTSP](http://www.wtsp.com/story/news/local/2015/09/16/woman--probation-had-3500-weapons-tortured-neighbors/32536161/) in Florida that she had been “terrorizing” them; security footage from one her neighbor’s homes showed her slashing window screens and an air conditioning unit. The security footage is what drew officers to her home on Tuesday. According to [WTSP](http://www.wtsp.com/story/news/local/2015/09/16/woman--probation-had-3500-weapons-tortured-neighbors/32536161/), it took “5 hours and 2 rounds of bean bag bullets, and a stun gun” to finally secure Dykema and officers sustained cuts and injuries in process. 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