Morgan Township man charged with machete attack

A Morgan Township man was arrested Sunday after being accused of attacking his stepdaughter with a machete.

Raymond Dorsey, 57, is charged by state police with aggravated assault.

According to the criminal complaint, a woman called 911 shortly after 9 p.m. Saturday and reported that a seriously injured woman was standing in front of her home on Center Street in Clarksville.

Investigators found that the attack occurred in the 50 block of C Street in Morgan Township and that the woman's husband drove her to Clarksville. According to court documents, Dorsey struck his stepdaughter Kristin Bradley multiple times with a machete.

In the indictment, Bradley is described as “seriously injured” and was flown to Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, West Virginia.

According to the complaint, the altercation began with a dispute over custody of Bradley's children, who lived with their mother and Dorsey.

Surveillance footage from Dorsey's home showed Bradley approaching the house and beginning to talk to Dorsey. According to police, the footage shows Bradley walking away from the house and Dorsey following her into the street.

Bradley went back to the house and began banging on the front door. The lawsuit states that an argument ensued between her and Dorsey, during which Dorsey grabbed the knife and struck her multiple times.

Police found the knife at the crime scene and said it was about 30 centimeters long.

Dorsey was arraigned Sunday morning before District Judge Thomas Ankrom, who remanded him in Greene County Jail on $250,000 bail. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Aug. 28 at 11 a.m.