Guilty verdict in SLT domestic violence case

Thomas Payne

A jury found a South Lake Tahoe man guilty of multiple counts of domestic violence against his wife.

Thomas Edward Payne after three weeks was convicted on two counts of felony domestic violence, as well as a special allegation that he used a deadly weapon and personally inflicted great bodily injury on his wife during one of the attacks. The jury was unable to reach a verdict on the attempted murder charge.

Payne was arrested Oct. 15, 2014, after slitting his wife’s throat with a knife before fleeing the scene.

He is scheduled to be sentenced Feb. 22.

— Lake Tahoe News staff report