A North Carolina woman was charged yesterday with tying up her husband and severing his penis.

Carteret County sheriff’s deputies responded to the Newport home of 56-year-old Victoria Thomas Frabutt and her 61-year-old husband, James Frabutt. He told officers his wife cut him after tying him up.

Deputies recovered the penis, put it on ice and gave it to medical personnel.

James Frabutt was taken to a hospital. His condition was unknown.

The motive  is unclear. Victoria Frabutt is charged with malicious castration and kidnapping of her spouse. She is being held in the Carteret County jail on $100,000 bond and is expected to appear in court today.