Laclede County Man Sentenced For Machete Attack

A Laclede County man who was facing multiple charges in connection with an assault with a machete in February confessed to fourth-degree assault, fourth-degree domestic assault, and second-degree harassment, all categorized as misdemeanors yesterday in Laclede County. On February 3rd, Laclede County Deputies responded to a business where 60-year-old Dennis Randall Wilson entered through the employee entrance, entered the kitchen, and got into an argument with the business owners over an ongoing dispute.

It was reported that Wilson left but then returned and began yelling. Wilson followed one of the owners inside the store, grabbed a machete off the refrigerator, started swinging it, and struck one of the owners. A woman reported that they thought Wilson was going to hurt the other owner and got in between them and was hit in the hand by the machete. Wilson was originally charged with armed criminal action, felony assault, and domestic assault. Wilson was sentenced in Laclede County Associate Circuit Court to 2 years supervised probation and two years suspended in the Laclede County jail.