Case of man accused of wielding machete in fight with other man bound over to grand jury

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) — A man who is accused of attacking another man who knocked on his door by mistake with a sword waived his preliminary hearing Wednesday in municipal court.

David Wright, 60, waived his hearing on a charge of felonious assault, a second-degree felony, before Visiting Judge David Fuhry, and the case was bound over to a Mahoning County grand jury.

Wright is presently free on $50,000 bond.

A warrant was filed for Sept. 6 for Wright’s arrest for an Aug. 31 attack on a man at an apartment complex on Wood Street.

The victim came to the police station Sept. 3 and told police he knocked on the door Aug. 31 of an apartment and a man inside, later identified as Wright, yelled that the victim had the wrong apartment.

The victim moved on and was about to knock on another door when Wright came out of his apartment and swung a rusted machete at the victim, reports said.

Reports said the victim took a pair of nunchucks he had and used them to defend himself. Wright later went back inside his apartment.

Detectives viewed video surveillance of the incident before filing charges.

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