Crime & Safety

Enraged Husband Charged After Baseball Bat Attack

Anthony Pickett, 45, of Atwater, was arrested Saturday for felonious assault and aggravated burglary for allegedly beating a man with a bat over suspected adultery.

When a man smashes through the door wielding a metal bat, it’s safe to assume he isn’t there to play a pickup game of baseball.

Jason Brown, 39, of Akron, realized this when Anthony Pickett was charged with forcing his way into a room at the on May 26 and beating him with an aluminum baseball bat.

According to a , Pickett, 45, of Atwater, accused Brown of an affair with his wife and clubbed him three times on the head and forearm. Pickett’s wife told police she had rented the room for Brown. A 13-year-old was in the room at the time of the incident. 

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Police and emergency medical services were called at 1 a.m. Saturday. By the time they got there, they found Brown with a gash in his head and a bruised forearm. Brown told police Pickett just left from the State Road motel.

Brown was not hospitalized for his injuries and asked officers not to press charges.

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Pickett was stopped on Wyoga Lake Road minutes later and police found a bloodied baseball bat, another bat and a machete in his car.

Pickett was charged with aggravated burglary; a first degree felony and felonious assault; a second degree felony. He is being held in Summit County Jail; his bond was set at $250,000.

He will go before Judge Lisa Coates for a preliminary hearing Friday at 10 a.m.


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