Posted On: November 2, 2009 by David Haenel

TAMPA CRIMINAL BLOG: Man On Probation For A Sex Crime Charged With Attempted Assault On His Wife With A Machete

A Tampa man who served two years in a Polk County jail for attempted sexual battery on a child is back in jail. Virticee Thompson was arrested early Monday morning after threatening to kill his wife and himself as he swung a machete back and forth according to Tampa police.

The arrest report indicates that the couple had been married for five years and the victim’s teenage daughter was a witness to the assault as chronicled on TBO.com. Thompson was released from jail in July of 2003 but now he is back inside a cell being held without bail. The 38-year-old has been charged with violation of probation and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

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