A Chicago man has been found guilty of cutting his neighbor's ear and fingers with a chain saw after the two men argued about money.
The Chicago Sun-Times reports Anthony Metcalf was found guilty of aggravated battery causing great bodily harm by Cook County Judge Dennis Porter on Tuesday.
Police say Preston Smith, 55, and his neighbor, Anthony Metcalf, were hanging out late into the night in their Washington Heights neighborhood when they got into some sort of altercation. Metcalf is accused of pulling out a chain saw and slicing Smith's neck and hands, nearly slicing off some of the man's fingers.
"I was sitting in the car finna (sic) leave, he came out of nowhere with the chainsaw saying, 'What have you got to say now?' I couldn't say anything, I was ducking for my life," Smith said.
Smith said he had just got off work when the two had "words" over $30 Metcalf owed him. He also claims Metcalf was drunk at the time.
Metcalf was charged with one count of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, police said.
Smith said the two had been friends for more than 30 years -- he even served as a pallbearer at Metcalf's father's funeral -- but he now says that friendship is over.
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"I can't be friends with someone who tried to kill me," Smith said.
