The Brief
- Prosecutors have charged a 54-year-old St. Paul man with assault after he allegedly attacked a laundromat worker, leaving him with a shattered skull and traumatic brain injury.
- According to witnesses, Jackson hit the worker over the head with a piece of metal that looked like a crowbar. Police now believe it was a chisel.
- Medical records obtained by police say the worker suffered a shattered skull, a shattered orbital bone and a traumatic brain injury.
WEST ST. PAUL, Minn. – Prosecutors have charged a 54-year-old St. Paul man with assault after he allegedly attacked a laundromat worker, leaving him with a shattered skull and traumatic brain injury.
Worker attacked at laundromat
The backstory:
According to police, officers responded on Sept. 18 to a reported assault at a West St. Paul laundromat and found a man bleeding heavily from his face, head and mouth. First responders took him to a hospital for treatment.
After emergency care, the worker told police he was cleaning the laundromat when a man, later identified as Jackson, accused him of knocking over his child. …