SHALIMAR—A 39-year-old man was arrested on Christmas Day after he used a hatchet to destroy a bathroom door and attempted to attack a family in a 7th Avenue home. During a verbal altercation that turned physical, Jason Edward Godwin attempted to use a small black hatchet to gain entry into a bathroom where three family members were hiding. The reported disturbance began after a phone call between Godwin and one of the family members according to an arrest report from the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office.

<p>SHALIMAR&mdash;A 39-year-old man was arrested on Christmas Day after he used a hatchet to destroy a bathroom door and attempted to attack a family in a 7th Avenue home. During a verbal altercation that turned physical, Jason Edward Godwin attempted to use a small black hatchet to gain entry into a bathroom where three family members were hiding. The reported disturbance began after a phone call between Godwin and one of the family members according to an arrest report from the Okaloosa County Sheriff&rsquo;s Office.</p>

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