Preliminary hearing set for Carl Junction man charged with assaulting man with umbrella, stealing his backpack

A 10 a.m. Thursday preliminary hearing is scheduled in Jasper County Circuit Court for a Carl Junction man charged with robbery and assault.

According to the probable cause statement, Aaron Wade Dodson (DOB 1986), the alleged victim told the investigating Joplin Police Department officer Dodson attacked him with an umbrella and stole his backpack.

The man was bleeding from his nose and the back of his head.

Dodson claimed he hit the man with his fist, according to the statement, but a witness said it was an umbrella.