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A man is back behind bars after carrying out a machete attack on Wednesday, according to Iredell County sheriff and court records.<\/p>\n

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Sheriff Darren Campbell said the attack happened just after 5 p.m. on Lewis Ferry Road, a rural area north of Lake Norman. Upon arriving at the scene, authorities discovered a victim with injuries, including a strike to the head and back of the shoulder.<\/p>\n

The victim also sustained defensive wounds to the fingers, indicating an attempt to grab the weapon during the assault. Medical personnel at the hospital said that the victim was in stable condition, according to the sheriff.<\/p>\n

Joseph Payton Gallimore, 42, was charged with felony assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, misdemeanor assault on a female, misdemeanor crime of domestic violence, misdemeanor false imprisonment, two counts of misdemeanor communicating threats, and two counts of misdemeanor injury to personal property.<\/p>\n

Authorities also determined that Gallimore used his Gurkha Kukri-style machete to slash two vehicles parked at the scene and assaulted a separate individual during the incident, the sheriff\u2019s office alleges.<\/p>\n

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Gallimore had been released from custody earlier that day after being arrested on unrelated charges.<\/p>\n

The sheriff\u2019s office said Gallimore left the scene after that attack, according to witnesses. The sheriff\u2019s office sent out drones and dogs to find him.<\/p>\n

He was found on Fairdale Road at 2 a.m. Thursday, the sheriff said. He remained in the Iredell County jail without bond.<\/p>\n

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Iredell County authorities say a machete attack left a victim injured and vehicles slashed; the suspect fled but was located on Fairdale Road and taken into custody.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1141,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-read-todays-edition"],"yoast_head":"\nIredell County man carries out machete attack after being released from jail, sheriff says - \u0421harlotte Relocation Guide<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/charlotterelocationguide.com\/?p=1423\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Iredell County man carries out machete attack after being released from jail, sheriff says - 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