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  Trenton man charged in attempted murder, theft, assorted other charges in Christmas crimes web posted December 28, 2007  TRENTON – Edgefield
County Sheriff’s
Deputies investigating two separate crimes on Christmas morning ended
up at the same house and arrested 22-year-old Michael Hunsberger at the
home he shared with his mother on Sandy Springs Road near Trenton. In
the two unrelated crimes Mr. Hunsberger is being held on charges of
assault and battery with intent to kill, assault and battery of a high
and aggravated nature, malicious injury to personal property over
$1,000, and larceny from a motor vehicle.Hunsberger is currently being held at the Edgefield County Detention Center awaiting a bond hearing jail officials said Thursday night. According to police reports Hunsberger was observed by a Hayes Drive resident breaking into a car in their driveway and stealing a Pioneer stereo system and several CD’s. Witnesses were able to describe the suspect and got a tag number which led the deputy to the Hunsberger home on Sandy Springs Road. When the deputy arrived on the scene he discovered two other deputies escorting Mr. Hunsberger out of the home in handcuffs from another incident. In the earlier incident Hunsberger is accused of coming home irate and intoxicated and demanded the keys to his mother’s car. When his demands were refused he became more agitated and his brother stepped in and told Michael to calm down. At that time, reports state, Michael grabbed a knife and advanced towards his brother “in a threatening manner” when another man stepped between the two brothers trying to stop the fight. It was then, reports indicate, Michael Hunsberger then slashed the knife towards the friend creating a six inch long cut about a quarter of an inch deep across the friend’s neck. Michael is then accused of punching his brother before fleeing outside the home. Once outside Hunsberger was said to have picked up a brick and threw it through a window in the home then picked up another and threw it through the windshield of his brother’s truck. When deputies arrived Hunsberger fled the scene on foot. Michael was then said to have returned to the home about fifteen minutes later and was found by deputies to be holding another brick threatening his mother and those present at the home. He was summarily taken into custody at that time. Before being transported to jail Mr. Hunsberger took deputies to the location of the stolen stereo and CDs which were located in a wooded area near Casalina Drive. The Hunsberger’s are known to area law enforcement agencies as two of Michael’s brothers, Alexander and Julio Hunsberger, are serving life sentences in Richmond County for the kidnapping of 16-year-old Samuel J. Sturrup Jr. on September 3, 2001. They were convicted in September of 2006 and face murder charges in Edgefield County along with Steven Lewis Barnes, 29. Barnes faces the death penalty if convicted. He too has already been given a life sentence in Richmond County for the kidnapping. Editor's note: South Carolina's charge for attempted murder is listed as assault and battery with the intent to kill. ©
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