Othello man arrested for alleged violent attack with garden hoe

OTHELLO, Wash. – The Adams County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a man for allegedly attempting to stab someone with a knife and then hitting him multiple times with a garden hoe.

The sheriff’s office alleges a 50-year-old suspect attacked a person with a knife in a field near West Highway 26 and South Booker Road, but failed to stab him and instead struck him with a garden hoe.

Sheriff’s officers arrested the suspect in Othello in the 500 block of South 6th Avenue on a charge of assault.

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