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Ball bat attack sends man to jail

By Brian Hagen

11/05/2021

Anthony Barnhart/Credit: Atchison Co Sheriff's Office

(KAIR)--An Atchison man goes to jail, arrested Friday in connection with a September attack that left a woman hospitalized.

According to a release from Atchison Police Chief Mike Wilson, 34-year-old Anthony Barnhart was taken into custody on an Atchison County District Court Warrant for aggravated battery, domestic battery, and criminal threat.

The arrest followed what Wilson says was a September 17 afternoon disturbance at a residence in the 1000 block of North 10th Street.

Atchison Police Officers were called to the scene, where a 36-year-old woman was transported from by Atchison County EMS and taken for hospital treatment of injuries suffered in the disturbance.

According to the investigation, it’s alleged that Barnhart, who had left the area, struck the woman with his hands and feet, as well as with a baseball bat to her head.

Following his Friday arrest, Barnhart was booked into the Atchison County Jail.

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