A Lake Point man faces a felony charge after he was arrested in connection with an altercation at the S&W Trailer Park last month.
Travis Wallace, 31, is charged with third-degree felony aggravated assault after witnesses allege he threatened them with a machete the evening of Oct. 22.
A Tooele County Sheriff’s deputy responded to the trailer park after reports were made of a man with a gun, according to a probable cause statement. The reports were determined to be unfounded in the subsequent investigation but it was found that Wallace arrived after the original report and confrontation occurred.
Wallace allegedly grabbed a machete and went into the roadway toward people involved in the original confrontation and “threatened to chop their heads off” while brandishing the weapon, the statement said. The responding deputy said people near the scene of the incident had retreated to their trailers because of Wallace’s threats and fear for their safety.
While deputies conducted their investigation, Wallace said the next time police came back, they would show up to dead bodies, the probable cause statement said. Wallace also said he wasn’t afraid to go to prison if he killed the parties from the original incident.
The responding deputy arrested Wallace because he was afraid that he would be a danger to other people involved in the incident if he was left on scene.
Wallace is expected to make his initial appearance in 3rd District Court on Nov. 14 at 10:28 a.m. before Judge Robert Adkins.
