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Rolla, Mo. —
A Pulaski County man was taken to an area hospital with serious injuries after his girlfriend allegedly stabbed him in the back.
Christina Fay Rhodenizer, 33, of Waynesville, was arrested Monday night, and official charges of armed criminal action, an unclassified felony, first degree domestic assault, a Class A felony, and tampering with physical evidence in felony prosecution, a Class D felony, were filed by Pulaski County Prosecuting Attorney Kevin Hillman on Tuesday morning.
Rhodenizer allegedly stabbed her boyfriend — whose name was not released — after an argument escalated between the couple at their home.
According to court documents, the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Department received a call from a neighbor reporting the incident at 20601 Sedalia Road, Apt. 1 outside of Waynesville.
PCSD Deputy Shaffer wrote in a court document that when he arrived with another deputy they found the man laying face-down on the floor of the apartment with Rhodenizer standing over him, applying pressure to his back with a towel, where he had been stabbed.
Pulaski County Sheriff J.B. King said in a press release the man was unconscious and Deputy Collins, performed first-aid.
“Every time he lifted the towel, the other deputy said blood would start spurting out, so it was probably a good move on his part to administer first aid,” King said.
According to the document written by Shaffer, Rhodenizer admitted she had stabbed the man, but deputies found holes in her story.
According to Shaffer, Rhodenizer wrote that she believed her boyfriend was cheating on her, but failed to explain how the argument went from the kitchen where the knife came from, to the living room where the man was stabbed.
Rhodenizer told Shaffer she initially grabbed the knife, then dropped it, then quickly picked it up again in fear that the man would get to it first.
“Rhodenizer displayed no emotion while I was speaking to her and smoked cigarettes repeatedly,” Shaffer wrote.
He also wrote he believes she tried to hide the boody knife from officers before they arrived because Collins found it under the front passenger seat of a vehicle in parked at the home.
The man’s name has not been released by authorities, and his current status is unknown, although King described the initial injury as “serious.”
Rhodenizer is being held at the Pulaski County Jail in lieu of $250,000 bond.
She was formally arraigned Tuesday and is scheduled to appear in court for a preliminary hearing Jan. 25.
If convicted of all three charges, Rhodenizer faces up to 37 years in prison.
A Pulaski County man was taken to an area hospital with serious injuries after his girlfriend allegedly stabbed him in the back.
Christina Fay Rhodenizer, 33, of Waynesville, was arrested Monday night, and official charges of armed criminal action, an unclassified felony, first degree domestic assault, a Class A felony, and tampering with physical evidence in felony prosecution, a Class D felony, were filed by Pulaski County Prosecuting Attorney Kevin Hillman on Tuesday morning.
Rhodenizer allegedly stabbed her boyfriend — whose name was not released — after an argument escalated between the couple at their home.
According to court documents, the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Department received a call from a neighbor reporting the incident at 20601 Sedalia Road, Apt. 1 outside of Waynesville.
PCSD Deputy Shaffer wrote in a court document that when he arrived with another deputy they found the man laying face-down on the floor of the apartment with Rhodenizer standing over him, applying pressure to his back with a towel, where he had been stabbed.
Pulaski County Sheriff J.B. King said in a press release the man was unconscious and Deputy Collins, performed first-aid.
“Every time he lifted the towel, the other deputy said blood would start spurting out, so it was probably a good move on his part to administer first aid,” King said.
According to the document written by Shaffer, Rhodenizer admitted she had stabbed the man, but deputies found holes in her story.
According to Shaffer, Rhodenizer wrote that she believed her boyfriend was cheating on her, but failed to explain how the argument went from the kitchen where the knife came from, to the living room where the man was stabbed.
Rhodenizer told Shaffer she initially grabbed the knife, then dropped it, then quickly picked it up again in fear that the man would get to it first.
“Rhodenizer displayed no emotion while I was speaking to her and smoked cigarettes repeatedly,” Shaffer wrote.
He also wrote he believes she tried to hide the boody knife from officers before they arrived because Collins found it under the front passenger seat of a vehicle in parked at the home.
The man’s name has not been released by authorities, and his current status is unknown, although King described the initial injury as “serious.”
Rhodenizer is being held at the Pulaski County Jail in lieu of $250,000 bond.
She was formally arraigned Tuesday and is scheduled to appear in court for a preliminary hearing Jan. 25.
If convicted of all three charges, Rhodenizer faces up to 37 years in prison.
