Machete Waving Man Arrested for Assault in West Richland
Sometimes attackers who don't have a gun can be even scarier.
41-year-old Edward C. Engel was booked into the Benton County jail Thursday night after allegedly threatening to kill his wife with a machete.
West Richland police say around 9:53pm they responded to the couple's apartment over a violent domestic dispute. When they arrived, the woman said she was able to escape, but there was still a child inside. Engel had barricaded himself inside one of the bedrooms
Police were able to get the child out safely, and eventually forced their way into the bedroom where Engel was entrenched. He facing charges of unlawful imprisonment, felony harassment, threats to kill, interfering with reporting and obstruction and and a court order violation.