An intoxicated Vernal man was arrested on Saturday after allegedly stabbing his wife. According to the Affidavit of Probable Cause, officers were called to a trailer park within Vernal City on report of domestic violence. When officers arrived, they heard yelling coming from the residence in question, then saw a shirtless male walking towards them holding a knife. Zachary Thomson threw the knife to the ground and got on his belly when commanded. “The knife which Zachary had in his possession was a fixed blade knife which had an approximate 7 inch blade with a single sharpened edge. This knife was retrieved and found to have red stains which appeared to be residual blood on the sharpened edge. [Officers] located three victims in the home, one of which had a significant laceration to the back of her right arm. The other two victims were the children of the female victim, who had been present in the home at the time of this incident. According to one of the victims, Zachary had been drinking alcohol that day from approximately 2pm to the time in which this incident occurred. One of the victims also stated that at the time, Zachary had become aggressive with the mother, the victim had used Zachary’s empty liquor bottle to strike Zachary on the back of the head in defense of the mother. [The officer] observed that Zachary had a strong odor of alcohol emanating from his person and he was bleeding profusely from his head. Zachary stated multiple times throughout the evening after being arrested that he was drunk and that he was the ‘villain’ in these circumstances. Zachary also displayed mood swings which consisted of laughing and acting jovial to then becoming depressed and crying.” 35-year-old Zachary Daniel Thomson was arrested for offenses including aggravated assault, domestic violence in the presence of children, as well as those involving weapons and public intoxication.
