Wykoff man sentenced to 54 months in assault case

(ABC 6 News) – UPDATE: A Wykoff man convicted of 2nd-degree assault was sentenced to 54 months, or 4.5 years, in the MN Correctional Facility in St. Cloud.

Michael Drew Williams, 51, was convicted of slashing at a woman with a knife and felony threats of violence in August of this year.

He was sentenced Thursday, Oct. 12, to 54 months for the 2nd-degree assault charge and 21 months for the charge of threats of violence, which will be served concurrently, or at the same time, as the assault sentence.

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(ABC 6 News) – A Wykoff man was found guilty of two felony charges by a Mower County jury on Wednesday, Aug. 2 while also facing new drug charges, the Mower County attorney announced on Friday.

Michael Drew Williams, 51, was found guilty of 2nd-degree assault with a dangerous weapon and threats of violence.

Williams was charged by warrant complaint on May 28, 2021 after Mower County Sheriff’s Office deputies investigated a reported assault in the City of Le Roy.

Home security video and threatening text messages to the victim verified the allegations, according to the Mower County attorney’s office.

Williams was arrested on the warrant on April 4, 2022, and had been free on $25,000 bond since April 8, 2022.

Williams did not attend the second day of his jury trial. Following jury deliberations, convictions were entered in his absence. A warrant was then issued for his arrest. That same evening of August 2, 2023, Williams was arrested in Buffalo County, Wisconsin and is facing new felony charges for possessing methamphetamine in Buffalo County.

Williams has been transferred to the Mower County Jail and is currently being held pending sentencing.