Canton Man Sentenced To Prison After Attacking Wife, Daughter: Police

CANTON TOWNSHIP, MI — A Canton man was sentenced to prison Tuesday for attacking his wife and child two years ago, the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office said.

Oswald John Tallent, 47, was sentenced Tuesday to 28 to 50 years for assault with intent to murder, 28 to 50 years for torture, 10 to 20 years for assault with intent to do great bodily harm and two to four years for third-degree child abuse, officials said. His sentencing will be served concurrently.

Prosecutors said on March 30, 2020, officers found Tallent's 44-year-old wife with cuts on her face and his 8-year-old daughter with a bump on her head and scratches on her body in the driveway of the family's home on the 7300 block of Stonebrook Drive.

An investigation determined Tallent cut his wife's face with a table saw and slammed his daughter's head into the pavement before dragging up the driveway by her hair at the home, prosecutors said.

Police said Tallent ran away from the home after the attack, but officers arrested him shortly after, prosecutors said.