Utah man uses wrench in sock to ambush neighbor, say police

Collin Leonard, KSL.com

OGDEN (KSL.com) — An Ogden man was arrested Monday aft constabulary opportunity he ambushed his neighbour and attacked him pinch a sock containing a crescent wrench.

Wyatt Austen Kinne, 30, was charged successful 2nd District Court Tuesday pinch aggravated burglary, a first-degree felony; aggravated assault, a second-degree felony; and possession of a vulnerable limb by a restricted person, a third-degree felony.

Police opportunity Kinne was waiting extracurricular nan victim’s location “in ambush” early Monday. When nan unfortunate opened nan doorway of his house, he saw Kinne’s feet connected nan broadside of nan doorway framework and tried to unopen nan door.

“Wyatt pushed nan doorway unfastened and shoved his measurement inside. As he did so, he swung a sock, which contained a dense crescent wrench, which deed his unfortunate connected nan apical of nan head. The unfortunate instantly began to bleed profusely from a ample laceration arsenic nan antheral continued to push his measurement into nan house,” according to charging documents.

The 2 men grappled onto nan floor, wherever Kinne put nan man successful a chokehold, nan charges state. The man screamed for thief while stabbing his keys into Kinne’s look to effort and get away. A adjacent neighbour ran extracurricular and dragged Kinne disconnected of nan victim.

Police opportunity they arrived to find Kinne “kneeling successful nan driveway pinch his hands connected apical of his head,” and he instantly requested a lawyer.

Kinne had asked nan unfortunate nan time earlier if he was a activity offender, and he later told constabulary “that he intended to hunt activity offenders,” according to a constabulary booking affidavit.

Kinne was connected national probation astatine nan clip of his arrest, aft pleading blameworthy to possession of methamphetamine pinch intent to administer successful 2021 and serving situation time. He antecedently served 2 months successful jailhouse aft he was convicted of misdemeanor battle connected his roommate successful 2018.