Wensel victims want charges dropped

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Ashley Wensel of Mountain Home, who is charged with stabbing her sister and injuring her cousin when they attempted to stop her from what appeared to be an attempt to take her own life, was in Baxter County Circuit Court Thursday. Wensel was accompanied by the victims to tell Judge John Putman all involved in the case on Wensel’s side support dropping the charges.

The 24-year-old Wensel is currently charged with 2nd degree domestic battery and two counts of endangering the welfare of a minor. Her arrest stemmed from a January 24th incident when Mountain Home police responded to a report of a suicidal person. When the officer arrived, he found Wensel being held down by her mother. According to the probable cause affidavit, Wensel was covered in blood.

Police were told that Wensel had her sister and male cousin, both juveniles, visiting for the evening. According to the affidavit, she was reported to be distraught over the breakup of a relationship and had been consuming alcohol.

At one point, Wensel is alleged to have attempted to swallow an unknown amount of a prescription drug.

According to the police report, the two juvenile relatives attempted to stop Wensel and during the struggle, Wensel grabbed a knife and the sister was stabbed in the chest and cut on her left arm. Both injuries required stitches. The male juvenile relative was stabbed in the back of the head with broken glass and also sustained, what were described as minor, injuries to his hands while attempting to take the knife away from Wensel.

The victims appeared with Wensel and Wensel’s attorney, Norman Wilber, Thursday to show their support for not wanting the case to proceed. Fourteenth Judicial District Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Kerry Chism said the victims needed to meet with him as part of a process that could result in the eventual dismissal of the case.

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