ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) — A Roseburg man faces more than five years in prison after jurors found him guilty of assault for charging into a Sutherlin man’s home and striking him with a machete.
Raymond Ketchem’s defense attorney said the attack was provoked, and said he was acting in self-defense, the Roseburg News-Review reported (http://bit.ly/w23ivk ).
The incident began in mid-November, when Jonathan Wilkerson burst into Ketchem’s camp trailer in the middle of the night looking for his girlfriend. The next day, the 35-year-old Ketchem came looking for Wilkerson.
Wilkerson was struck on the arm. He testified he was under the influence of methamphetamine, marijuana and alcohol at the time of the attack.
