NICEVILLE – A man has been charged with cutting his neighbor’s wrist with a machete on Friday evening, according to the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office.
Buddy Ray Fuller, 56, and his neighbor were drinking at Fuller’s house on 26th Street when the pair got into an argument, the Sheriff’s press release reported. Fuller swung a machete at the 27-year-old victim, hitting his wrist.
The victim was taken to Twin Cities Hospital.
Fuller changed his story several times, and refused to stay seated and get into the patrol car, the Sheriff’s Office reported.
Fuller was charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and resisting arrest without violence.
He was taken to the Okaloosa County Jail on $5,500 bond.
This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: Man charged with cutting neighbor with machete