Man charged with chasing teen with hatchet

GLADSTONE, Mo. -- A Gladstone man has been charged with chasing a 13-year-old boy with a hatchet Tuesday.

The Kansas City Star reports Joseph Havner, 21, is jailed in Clay County, Missouri, on charges of assault and armed criminal action.

Court documents state Havner told police the boy had stolen $40 from his home four months earlier. The boy told police Havner chased him, demanded the money and threatened him with a hatchet. The boy said he knew nothing about the $40.

A man visiting Havner's home took the hatchet away from him.

When asked what he intended to do to the boy with the hatchet, Havner told police, "I was going to kill him."