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UPDATE: In November 2018 Justin Andrew Haley was sentenced in Lewis and Clark County District Court. Felony assault with a weapon amended to misdemeanor negligent endangerment, Guilty. Sentence: One year in jail suspended. Revocation of suspended or deferred sentence, dropped by prosecutor.

Police say a Helena man threatened another man with a hammer because he didn't like the way he was looking at him. The accused said he only had the hammer because he was working on fixing his nunchucks.

Justin Andrew Haley faces a felony charge of assault with a weapon.

The victim told police he was visiting the home on Lyndale Avenue where Haley was staying on Thursday morning. Haley awoke from where he was sleeping on the floor and yelled at the man, accusing him of putting something in his pockets, according to court documents.

Haley allegedly grabbed a hammer and walked toward the victim in a threatening manner. Court documents say Haley told police he didn't like the way the man was looking at him and thought he had stolen something.

Haley told police he simply threatened to beat the victim up and just happened to have a hammer due to working on his nunchucks.

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