A Rockford, Illinois, man is facing charges after authorities say he attacked a stranger with a hatchet in Boone County early Thursday morning.
The Boone County Sheriff’s Department says 56-year-old Martin Paddie Jr. called 911 around 2:15 a.m., claiming he had injured someone and was armed with a hatchet, hammer and knife.
Deputies later found a man who appeared to have been seriously injured in a hatchet attack. He was taken to a local hospital and is listed in stable condition…