W.Pa. man charged in weed-whacker attack
GREENSBURG, Pa. (AP) - June 27, 2008 Sixty-seven-year-old Gary Wright, of Southwest Greensburg, is
charged with simple assault, recklessly endangerment and disorderly
conduct.
Police say neighbor William Bell told Wright to get off his
property on May 23 and Wright hit him in the arm with the tool.
Bell's wife says the weed-whacker going full-speed and Bell put his
hand up to stop it from hitting his face.
Police say Wright told them that he wasn't on Bell's property
and that Bell had kicked and tried to grab the weed-whacker.
He's been ordered to stay away from the neighborhood until his
Aug. 7 preliminary hearing and is living about 15 miles away. It's
unclear if he has an attorney.
