Farmington -
FARMINGTON, Maine (AP) - A man and woman charged with attacking another couple with an ax and meat cleaver have been acquitted by a Franklin County jury of the most serious charges.
Sherri Dupree of Wilton was found not guilty of felony aggravated assault and two misdemeanor charges of assault.
The Sun Journal (http://bit.ly/10PNSAJ ) reports that Brian Sweeney was cleared of aggravated assault, while the jury deadlocked on two lesser charges of misdemeanor assault.
Prosecutors alleged that an ax-wielding Sweeney and cleaver-wielding Dupree attacked Jeremiah Gattis and his girlfriend at Gattis' Farmington home last April.
The defense said the dispute stemmed from a disagreement over an unfinished tattoo Gattis gave Sweeney.
The defendants said they went to the home to pick up Sweeney's belongings, and Gattis was the aggressor.
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