LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — A Lexington man was arrested after allegedly "striking someone with the back side of a hatchet."
According to an arrest citation, 33-year-old Montana Lee Austen hit the victim in the head on West New Circle Road Tuesday around 12:04 a.m.
The arrest citation states that the victim suffered life-threatening injuries after being hit.
Austen is booked in the Fayette County Detention Center and charged with first-degree assault.
