MARION, Ohio — A Marion County jury found a man guilty of several charges stemming from a domestic violence situation that escalated to the attempted murder of a police officer last year.
Teddy Thomas III, 32, was found guilty of attempted murder of a police officer, felonious assault on a police officer, burglary, domestic violence and inducing panic, according to the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office.
On Feb. 12, 2022, Marion officers responded to a disturbance call from the mother of Thomas’ children at a home on Fies Avenue. She had called 911 to report that Thomas brutally attacked her outside the home, according to a release.
Following the reported attack, she hid inside a bedroom in the house, keeping her children hidden inside a closet.
The prosecutor's office says, Thomas broke a window to get inside the home, and when police arrived, he swung a machete at an officer’s head. He then ran down the hallway of the home and barricaded himself in a room, resulting in a two-hour standoff.
Thomas now faces a possible maximum sentence of 41.5 years in prison.
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