A 46-year-old Hutchinson man arrested on March 4, on charges of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and aggravated assault had to be brought to the Position 1, courtroom Wednesday to hear the formal reading of charges against him.
Richard Manwarren Sr., is charged in the case where he allegedly stabbed 37-year-old Randy Dowers as well as causing multiple cuts to his hands. 49-year-old Kimberly Hopper alleges that she has been threatened with a knife by Manwarren during the same incident.
Apparently Dowers and Manwarren had been to a local bar and drinking, then came back to Dowers home and were drinking some more. Hopper then came home and began doing laundry and Manwarren grabbed a butcher knife in the kitchen and then attacked Dowers.
Dowers was treated at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center for his wounds. Manwarren was taken to jail on a 10-thousand dollar bond.
He had to be brought to the courtroom when he claims he couldn’t hear what the judge was telling him through the video hookup from the county jail.
His case will now move to a waiver-status docket on April 1, at 8:15 a-m.