A convicted felon from Columbia who has been wanted for fracturing a man’s skull with a pipe in Ashland has been captured and is jailed without bond.
47-year-old Michael Wayne Garrett has a lengthy criminal record, is currently on parole and and has served several stints in Missouri prisons since 2007.
He’s now charged with felony second degree assault, felony armed criminal action and misdemeanor property damage for the July 1 assault in an Ashland parking lot. The Ashland Police Department’s probable cause statement says the victim and Garrett got into a verbal argument that evening in the parking lot, before Garrett allegedly grabbed a metal pipe from his vehicle and struck the victim’s windshield before hitting the man in the face with the pipe. Court documents say the victim suffered a skull fracture and needed to be seen by a neuro physician.
Boone County prosecutors describe Garrett as a flight risk, noting he fled the scene that evening and has failed to appear in court previously. Garrett made his initial court appearance Thursday in Boone County Circuit Court, via video from the jail.