- Garrett Thomas Stewart, 35, charged with multiple felonies in connection to random attacks.
- He is accused in an unprovoked attack on a woman, causing facial injuries.
- Stewart admitted to using psychedelic mushrooms, police said; bystanders detained him until police arrived.
SALT LAKE CITY — A 35-year-old Taylorsville man is accused of randomly attacking strangers in Salt Lake City’s Yalecrest area.
Garrett Thomas Stewart was charged Thursday in 3rd District Court with aggravated robbery, a first-degree felony; aggravated assault, a third-degree felony; committing a violent offense in the presence of a child, assault and causing property damage, class B misdemeanors; public intoxication, a class C misdemeanor; and disorderly conduct, an infraction.
“Stewart is a danger to the community because he committed a series of entirely random, unprovoked attacks on strangers with no known connection to him,” prosecutors wrote in charging documents…