LAUDERHILL, Fla. (AP) -- South Florida authorities say a man accused of slashing two children with a machete is being held in jail without bond on charges that include attempted murder.
The Sun-Sentinel reports 47-year-old Dennis Anthony Reid appeared in court Saturday in Broward County.
A judge ordered him not to contact the girls, who remain in Broward Health Medical Center in serious condition. According to police, Reid went to care for the children on Friday while their mother prepared to fly to Jamaica.
But the visit turned violent, and witnesses said he grabbed a machete and started slashing the children.
#BREAKING Father slashes two daughters with machete at #Lauderhill home. Father is in custody, daughters, ages 10 & 17, are at hospital with head & neck injuries @nbc6 pic.twitter.com/1tVVKQO5he
— Marissa Bagg (@MarissaNBC6) February 14, 2020