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Southwest Missouri woman faces charges after machete incident
KSNF/KODE — A Lawrence County woman is accused of threatening another woman with a machete.
Heather Carpenter, 39, of Aurora, is charged with fourth-degree assault and armed criminal action.
Police say they were called to a fight in progress at a Casey’s convenience store in Aurora Tuesday morning.
That’s where a woman told police she was nearly hit by a pickup truck that was tailgating her and followed her into the Casey’s parking lot.
Police say a witness tried to get in between the two after Carpenter pulled a machete on the woman and began kicking her vehicle.
Officers say they saw the machete lying on the passenger seat of Carpenter’s truck.
Court documents say Carpenter told police “that old expletive will get what’s coming to her.”
She’s being held in the Lawrence County Jail without bond.
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