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Post by Kramer on Sept 5, 2012 12:19:30 GMT -5
Springfield man arrested in alleged hatchet attack
A Springfield man was arrested in St. Louis Tuesday for allegedly attacking his girlfriend with a hatchet at the Springfield home they shared.
Darwin Ratliff, 53, of the 1100 block of North 14th Street, is accused of attacking his 62-year-old girlfriend Sunday and inflicting cuts to her face, arm hand and leg. She was taken to Memorial Medical Center and has since been released, Springfield police said.
The attack reportedly occurred around 4 a.m. Sunday. The woman told police Ratliff was very drunk, and they started to argue. Ratliff left, and the woman locked the doors.
About an hour later, Ratliff returned, forced his way into the house, grabbed a hatchet he kept for protection and attacked the woman. The woman tried to get to the phone to call for help, but Ratfliff broke the phone with the hatchet, the police report said.
The woman ran and was able to make it to a neighbor’s house.
When police arrived, she was on the neighbor’s porch bleeding from multiple wounds. She had cuts and a deep gash on her head, a cut on her right palm, a cut on her right forearm and a cut to her shin, the police report said.
Police searched the house, but Ratliff was not found. Officers saw blood in the residence, the broken phone, and found a hatchet under a mattress.
The woman later told police that she has known Darwin for 15 years, and he has battered her 10 to 12 times, the police report said.
Ratliff was arrested by the U.S. Marshal’s Violent Fugitive Task Force and is in custody in St. Louis. The Sangamon County State’s Attorney’s Office is working on extradition.
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Post by casper on Sept 5, 2012 12:32:03 GMT -5
Nope, no crime here.....
What do you think, Attempted Murder charge?
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Post by Ashley on Sept 5, 2012 12:32:53 GMT -5
I bet he was a Juggalo!!!
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Post by mommer on Sept 5, 2012 15:01:19 GMT -5
chop chop!
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Post by jhull1957 on Sept 5, 2012 15:14:59 GMT -5
Well, I am shocked to find out that he had been drinking! LOL
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Post by vamp on Sept 5, 2012 18:58:45 GMT -5
This sounds like a white crime.
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Post by SmiggieBalls on Sept 5, 2012 19:00:48 GMT -5
I thought it went, "whoop whoop!"
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Post by casper on Sept 5, 2012 20:31:28 GMT -5
This sounds like a white crime. nope, it wasn't.
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