Elderly man to be sentenced after attacking wife with hammer

CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) — An elderly man will be sentenced on Thursday afternoon after attacking his wife with a hammer.
Martin Turkiewicz,, 88, pleaded guilty in November to second-degree assault.
He admitted to hitting his wife several times in the head with a claw hammer, causing a skull fracture and brain bleed.
It happened at the Garden Gate Health Care Facility on Union Rd. in Cheektowaga.
His wife, Rita Turkiewicz, 87, suffers from dementia and other health issues.
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