Austell Salesman Assaulted

A knife-wielding Austell man who allegedly chased a neighborhood solicitor last Wednesday remains in the Cobb County Adult Detention Center without bond. 

About 6:30 p.m. May 22, William Peden was soliciting in the 1300 block of Ling Drive. When he knocked on Robert Wiggs' front door, he "was met with the accused holding a large kitchen knife," according to a Cobb County criminal warrant.

Wiggs allegedly charged toward Peden, threw a knife at Peden, picked up a rock and threw it at the victim, walked back inside his residence, and refused to answer the door for officers, according to the warrant.

He was arrested at WellStar Cobb Hospital on a charge of aggravated assault, a felony offense.