St. Cloud Woman Accused of Knife Assault

EDITOR'S NOTE: This story has been edited to remove the identity of the woman originally charged in this incident in 2021.

A St. Cloud woman was charged with two felony counts of domestic assault after a man was cut with a knife.

But Stearns County prosecutors dropped charges against her saying they didn't have enough evidence to support the charges.

The District Court dismissed charges against her.

The case no longer appears in state records.

Because charges were dropped and the case pulled from state records, we have removed identifying information about the woman.

ST. CLOUD -- A St. Cloud woman was charged with two felony counts of domestic assault after a man was cut with a knife.

St. Cloud Police were dispatched to a knife complaint Friday just before 10:00 a.m. Officers met with a man who said the woman had assaulted him with a kitchen knife.

Police saw a cut on the man's left biceps and were told the knife had a green handle. Officers recovered a knife matching the description at the scene.

The man said the woman came into his room and asked for a cigarette. He told her he only had one left and did not give it to her. The woman is accused of leaving the room and returning with the knife and trying to stab the man.

A witness at the scene told a similar story but added that the woman was asking the victim to leave and was verbally harassing him as he packed his things.

Court records allege the woman told police that she told the victim to turn down the music he was playing, asked for a cigarette, and asked him to leave. She said she put her arm up over the doorway to the bedroom to prevent the man from entering. She said the man put his arms by her neck and shoved her against a wall. She then took the knife out of her pocket but denied cutting the man.