ax attack

Ax-Wielding Tennessee Woman Attacks Family Members, Violates Protection Order
Assault

A Tennessee woman was arrested Tuesday after she allegedly broke into a relative’s home and attacked two family members with an ax. Nevada Fortson, 25, was charged with resisting arrest, violating an order of protection, aggravated burglary, and aggravated assault, according to Carter County jail records. According to police, Fortson reportedly broke into the house …

Ax-wielding son runs over federal prosecutor dad before hacking him 43 times in driveway
Murder
February 26, 2019

Ax-wielding son runs over federal prosecutor dad before hacking him 43 times in driveway

A Virginia man who ran over his ex-prosecutor father before hacking him to death with an ax will spend 30 years in prison for the November 2017 slaying. The Chesterfield Observer reported that Frank X. Altimari, now 32, followed his father and stepmother, Nicholas Altimari, 61, and Felipita Altimari, home from a restaurant to run them over. …