Man in jail after brandishing knife

Dateline: March 12, 2009

Man in jail after brandishing knife

By Roger Estlack, Clarendon Enterprise

A local man remained in jail this week after wielding a knife around Hedley last week.

The Donley County Sheriff’s Office was alerted Friday night that Jeremy Blackwell was brandishing a knife.

After law enforcement arrived and investigated, a search uncovered Blackwell hiding in the back seat of a Chevrolet Tahoe at his grandmother’s house. He was armed with a knife and an ax handle at the time of his arrest.

Blackwell was subsequently booked into the Donley County Jail for aggravated assault with bond set at $5,000.

The accused was previously arrested on October 31, 2008, for aggravated sexual assault of child and jailed with a bond of $50,000. He had remained in jail until last Monday when his lawyer petitioned the court and got Blackwell’s bond reduced to $25,000. Whereupon he made bail and was released.