An abusive Connecticut husband found out the hard way on Saturday that leaf blowers aren’t just for annoying the shit out of neighbors – they can beat the shit out of them too. Fox News reports that 66 year-old Kevin Conway has been charged with first-degree assault, attempted murder, violation of a protective order, and second-degree threatening after stabbing his wife and chasing her down the street in suburban Milford, a chase that ended abruptly when an unnamed neighbor stepped in and cracked Conway in the face with a leaf blower, sending him crumpling to the pavement.
The victim, who already had a restraining order out against her husband after he bit her during a March attack, was hospitalized with wounds to the “upper torso by the right shoulder and upper chest” as was Conway with a “bleeding head wound.” The brand of leaf blower was not available.