Cape man pleads guilty to domestic assault

A Cape Girardeau man pleaded guilty Monday to charges of domestic assault in Cape Girardeau Circuit Court.

Bobby E. Reed, 39, of Cape Girardeau admitted he hit his wife in the face with his fist on March 8 and cut his brother's upper right arm with a pocketknife April 3 after an argument at a gas station parking lot. The brother, John L. Reed, 41, was treated and released at Southeast Missouri Hospital for a 3-inch cut.

Circuit Judge John Heisserer ordered a pre-sentence investigation and set sentencing for Sept. 8. Reed was released on his own recognizance until that date but was ordered to not have contact with the victims.