Austin woman accused of guitar assault
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ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) -- An Austin woman is accused of assaulting a man with a guitar, leaving him with a gash over his left eye.
The 56-year-old woman faces tentative charges of second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon and domestic assault.
The victim is a 53-year-old man. He told police that the woman got mad about something Friday night and threatened to smash a large-screen TV with the six-string acoustic guitar.
The man says she began swinging the guitar like a baseball bat. A Post-Bulletin report says when the man tried to intervene, the guitar caught him on the forehead.
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The police report says the man claims the strike "was no accident."
Authorities say they asked the woman why she did it and she replied, "Because I've been drinking."
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Information from: Post-Bulletin
