MONROE - Charges have been filed against the Monroe man arrested earlier this week after police say he stabbed another man in drunken anger.
Joshua J. Powers, 30, remains jailed on a $10,000 cash bond for felony charges of first- and second-degree recklessly endangering safety and misdemeanor charges of disorderly conduct, aggravated battery, obstructing an officer and operating a firearm while intoxicated. His next court appearance is a preliminary hearing Oct. 15.
Powers was arrested outside his home in the 900 block of 10th Street at about 2:45 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, after police responded to a report that a 36-year-old man with serious but not life-threatening stab wounds was being treated at Monroe Clinic ER.
According to police reports filed with the criminal complaint, the 36-year-old victim was a guest at an after-bar party at Powers' home when Powers got angry with him, threw a jar of salsa at him and then stabbed him five times with a steak knife.
Powers also allegedly pointed a shotgun out a bathroom window at a woman and hid the knife used in the stabbing in the water-supply tank of a toilet.
Two children were in the home at the time of the incident, police say. Their grandmother came to take them.
After his arrest, while he was in the backseat of a squad, an officer wrote that Powers "began rambling" about how he had messed up and asked if his children and the victim were OK.
Powers told police he had six to 10 beers and a shot of vodka that night. A breathalyzer test indicated his blood-alcohol level was 0.143 percent.
The stabbing victim lost enough blood to cause a neighbor alarm. A 911 caller early Saturday afternoon reported finding blood on a front porch in the 1100 block of 10th Street, two blocks away from Powers' home. Police traced the blood on the porch to the stabbing victim. He apparently lost the blood while trying to walk home, before he went to the ER for treatment.
State court records show one prior criminal case and a handful of traffic citations against Powers. He was convicted in 2007 of misdemeanor battery, downgraded from an initial felony charge of substantial battery, and successfully completed two years of probation. The victim in that case was also male.
Joshua J. Powers, 30, remains jailed on a $10,000 cash bond for felony charges of first- and second-degree recklessly endangering safety and misdemeanor charges of disorderly conduct, aggravated battery, obstructing an officer and operating a firearm while intoxicated. His next court appearance is a preliminary hearing Oct. 15.
Powers was arrested outside his home in the 900 block of 10th Street at about 2:45 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, after police responded to a report that a 36-year-old man with serious but not life-threatening stab wounds was being treated at Monroe Clinic ER.
According to police reports filed with the criminal complaint, the 36-year-old victim was a guest at an after-bar party at Powers' home when Powers got angry with him, threw a jar of salsa at him and then stabbed him five times with a steak knife.
Powers also allegedly pointed a shotgun out a bathroom window at a woman and hid the knife used in the stabbing in the water-supply tank of a toilet.
Two children were in the home at the time of the incident, police say. Their grandmother came to take them.
After his arrest, while he was in the backseat of a squad, an officer wrote that Powers "began rambling" about how he had messed up and asked if his children and the victim were OK.
Powers told police he had six to 10 beers and a shot of vodka that night. A breathalyzer test indicated his blood-alcohol level was 0.143 percent.
The stabbing victim lost enough blood to cause a neighbor alarm. A 911 caller early Saturday afternoon reported finding blood on a front porch in the 1100 block of 10th Street, two blocks away from Powers' home. Police traced the blood on the porch to the stabbing victim. He apparently lost the blood while trying to walk home, before he went to the ER for treatment.
State court records show one prior criminal case and a handful of traffic citations against Powers. He was convicted in 2007 of misdemeanor battery, downgraded from an initial felony charge of substantial battery, and successfully completed two years of probation. The victim in that case was also male.