The incident took place on Five Oaks Avenue. According to a Dayton police incident report, the victim told police he had done some work for Summers at an auto shop on West Third Street, but hadn’t finished the job when Summers kicked him out.
On Tuesday, Summers showed up at the victim’s house demanding $50 back for the uncompleted work, the report states. When the victim said he didn’t have the money, Summers accused the victim of stealing gasoline and started hitting him, according to the report.
The county prosecutor’s office has approved charging Summers with one count of felonious assault and two counts of aggravated menacing because he allegedly threatened to kill the victim and his girlfriend if they called police.
According to court records, this is not Summers’ first incarceration for assault involving a weapon.
He was convicted of two counts of felonious assault in 2005 and sentenced to two years in prison for beating two men with a baseball bat at a Dayton bar.
According to a police report, that attack began when Summers told two customers at Cowboy’s Bar that they had to buy drinks or get out. One man suffered a broken nose and the other a laceration to his head.
Summers has other convictions in both Montgomery and Greene counties for receiving stolen property, breaking and entering and theft.
In the ax handle case, he is scheduled to appear in court Aug. 17.
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