Sullivan Man Charged In Hammer Attack On Female Truck Stop Employee

A Sullivan man faces multiple charges after he allegedly attacked a woman with a hammer at Midwest Petroleum in Cuba on Feb. 17.

He has been charged with first-degree assault, armed criminal action and resisting arrest.

The man is being held at the Crawford County Jail. He has not yet appeared in court.

The victim, an employee, had a laceration on the side of her head and a lump on her forehead.

Police said there was a trail of blood around 20 feet long from the spot where she was attacked to the counter where she was sitting.

Read more on this story in the Feb. 23 issue of the Independent News.