Man attacks woman in St. Louis County cut her Missouri State Police say he was hit in the face with a machete during a domestic violence incident.
Police said they were called to a residence on Ashby Road in St. Ann for a domestic dispute that had allegedly escalated into violence.
According to arrest records, Wesley Clark, 40, refused to leave the residence and assaulted the woman. The woman said the man pushed her onto a couch, threatened her with a machete and told her he would “send her to her grandma,” referring to the deceased woman’s relatives.
the police said He cut her with a machete, leaving a 6-7 inch scar from her ear to her jawline.
The woman called police and the man fled the house. Police said they found Clark sitting alone on a park bench and talking on his cell phone. They were able to arrest him and retrieve the machete.
“I think this victim deserves a lot of credit for actually standing up and talking about her incident, reporting this, wanting to prosecute, wanting to work with law enforcement to get out of this situation. I think so,” he said. St. Ann Police Department Lt. Monica Ruelas to KMOV-TV.
The man was charged with first-degree domestic assault and armed criminal action. The woman was taken to a hospital where her injuries were stitched up.
Wesley allegedly admitted to police that he was in the home and attacked the woman with a machete.
Police said they had previously been called to the residence in connection with another domestic violence incident between Clark and the victim.
Wesley remained in custody at the St. Louis County Jail despite being granted $100,000 bail with GPS monitoring.
St. Ann is a city of approximately 13,000 people located in the northeastern part of the state.
A similar incident occurred in Houston in February, when a man attacked his sister and mother with a machete. Neighbors at the apartment complex said they heard the victims’ screams during the attack.
News video from the scene showed the gruesome bloody aftermath, including bloody footprints.
Reports regarding this incident are as follows:
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