East Alton, IL - Last week, police arrested Harry A. Woods III, 43, after he allegedly attacked his son and held a meat cleaver to his throat. The violent episode began over a batch of burned biscuits meant for a Sunday breakfast, according to Sgt. Charles Keshner of the East Alton Police Department.
Woods’ daughter placed the biscuits in the oven and left to visit another relative, reminding her family to keep an eye on them, police said.
However, no one checked the baking biscuits and when the elder Woods discovered they had been burned, he became enraged, turning his anger on his son, Harry Woods IV.
The younger Woods reportedly told his father: “They’re just burnt biscuits, we’ll make more.”
Apparently, that did not sit well with the hungry man who then smacked his son over the head with a serving platter, bit his finger and threatened to kill the 24-year-old with a meat cleaver, according to police.
Woods has been charged with aggravated battery and held on $20,000 bond.
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