Suspect and victim charged in Coralville stabbing
Both the suspect and the victim have been charged after police responded to a Coralville stabbing.
According to Coralville police complaints, officers responded at 3:45 a.m. Wednesday to the 900 block of 20th Avenue Place to find 37-year-old Ramon Duron, of Davis Street in Iowa City, standing outside an apartment complex with blood coming from a deep laceration in his right hand.
Duron said 25-year-old Maxwell A. Dietz, who lived in the apartment complex, was the man who stabbed him and was still in the building, according to police.
Police say Duron became combative and threatening toward officers when they approached him to provide medical care.
Duron had to be restrained before officers and paramedics were able to tend to his wound and he was eventually transported to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics by police vehicle, rather than ambulance due to his violent behavior, according to police.
Police say Duron's threats carried into the UIHC emergency room, where he threatened to behead one officer and "put it on a stake so his kids could see it." Duron then threatened another officer that we would kill her by making her "choke to death on his (expletive)," according to police.
With officers dealing with Duron, Dietz was located by police attempting to flee the scene in a vehicle and he was taken into custody, police say.
Dietz admitted to stabbing Duron, telling officers that he grabbed the knife from the kitchen to defend himself after Duron threatened to kill him and his girlfriend, according to police.
Dietz has been charged with an aggravated misdemeanor for assault with a dangerous weapon.
Duron has been charged with two counts of first degree harassment, an aggravated misdemeanor and a serious misdemeanor for possession of a controlled substance after officers found marijuana in his possession during his altercation with officers. According to the Johnson County Jail website, Duron also faces charges for disorderly conduct, interference with official acts and public intoxication, all simple misdemeanors.
Both men were being held Thursday morning in the county jail.
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