Advertisement Monessen man injured in samurai sword attack Victim claims brother-in-law attacked him because he wasn't allowed to smoke weed Share Shares Copy Link Copy

A Monessen man is recovering after being attacked by his one-armed brother-in-law with a Samurai sword, police said.Todd Clark, 51, is charged with attempted criminal homicide and other charges after the incident at his sister's McMahon Avenue home in Monessen on Thursday morning. He walks with a cane and is without a left arm.VIDEO: Watch Ashlie Hardway's reportOn his way to jail, Clark admitted to Pittsburgh's Action News 4 reporter that he hit his sister, Amelia Garey, with his cane. He said it was an accident and that he intended to hit his brother-in-law, Bill Garey."First off I took a swing at him with my cane and inadvertently hit my sister in the process," Clark said. "They grabbed the cane out of my hand and the only thing I had to steady myself was my samurai sword.""I hit him and things got crazy. He grabbed a sword," Bill Garey said.Garey was hit in the face with the sword and needed stitches. He was released from a Pittsburgh hospital later in the morning."All I felt was a crack. I thought he hit me with the cane he hit her with," Bill Garey said. "I was covered in blood and they told me, 'No. It was a sword.'"The Gareys said the argument started shortly after midnight when they told Clark he wasn't allowed to smoke marijuana inside their home because their young grandchildren also live at the residence."They didn't want me smoking marijuana in the house, so I said, 'OK. I'll find somewhere else to smoke it.' I had arranged to go to the neighbor's and smoke it there," Clark said. "Unfortunately, it's illegal all over, which is bogus, in my opinion."Clark was taken to the Westmoreland County Prison where he will await a preliminary hearing. The Gearys said he is not welcome back at their home, where he had been living for the past 18 months.