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Athens Woman Sentenced For Meat Cleaver Attack
< < Back to athens-woman-sentenced-meat-cleaver-attackAn Athens woman who attacked her boyfriend with a meat cleaver was sentenced to three years in jail.
According to Athens County Prosecutor Keller Blackburn, 35-year-old Amanda Ruth was sentenced Tuesday in Athens County Common Pleas Court on two counts of felonious aggravated assault.
Last June, Ruth attacked 37-year-old Christopher McCoy with a meat cleaver.
Officers at the scene found McCoy with injuries to his right hand and back of his head following an argument with Ruth.