Statler 'brother' jailed for hammer assault
Kevin Eugene Statler
By Alexandria Randolph
Highland Lakes Newspapers
A Horseshoe Bay man was arrested on felony charge this week after authorities said he took a swing at his brother with a hammer.
Kevin Eugene Statler, 48, was arrested Tuesday, Nov. 8 on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon, both third-degree felonies.
Horseshoe Bay Police Chief Rocky Wardlow said the incident began as a domestic dispute.
“Two brothers got in an argument, and one was swinging at the other one with a hammer,” Wardlow said. “He had a felony conviction within the last five years and had a shot gun and rifle in the house. That's where the unlawful possession charge came from.”
Statler was booked in Burnet County Jail at 6:13 p.m. on Tuesday and remains there on bond of $35,000.
Statler has a history of assault charges, including assault against a public servant, in Burnet County.
