Lonnie Savage waits in the courtroom as members of the jury are selected for his trial in Chattanooga. Savage was on trial for attempted first-degree murder and aggravated assault.A Hamilton County jury has found Lonnie Savage guilty of reckless endangerment and aggravated assault in a 2009 attack where he slashed his boss with a box cutter.
Jurors were asked to decide whether Savage, 62, planned to attack Tommy Sims at the ADM Southern Cellulose Products Co. on July 10, 2009, or whether he lost control and reacted to months of mounting work and personal stress.
Sims was cut nine times after Savage confronted him over a job assignment and was told to "clock out and go home," according to testimony.
Defense witnesses testified that Savage has below-average intelligence and said that, combined with family troubles, work stress and running out of medication, affected his state of mind.
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