Arkansan accused of attacking stepfather with baseball bat, injuring mother in fight over $5

Robert Wayne Hadley
Robert Wayne Hadley

An Arkansas man arrested Friday is accused of attacking his stepfather with a baseball bat and also injuring his mother in a dispute over borrowing $5, authorities say.

Deputies with the Baxter County sheriff's office were told that Robert Wayne Hadley, 47, had gotten angry with his mother when she refused to let him borrow $5 to buy a knife May 12, according to a news release.

Hadley struck his 76-year-old stepfather in the head and hand with a baseball hat and injured his 65-year-old mother when she tried to take it away from him, the sheriff's office said. Both victims reportedly required medical attention.

The sheriff's office issued a warrant for Hadley's arrest Tuesday, the release states. On Friday, authorities tracked him to a home in Marion County, where the sheriff's office arrested him with assistance from the Arkansas Department of Community Corrections' Fugitive Task Force.

Hadley is charged with two counts of first-degree battery and was being held at the Baxter County jail in lieu of $50,000 bond Monday morning, records show. He is scheduled to appear in court June 21.

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