Police say a Dubuque man threatened his girlfriend’s son with a knife during a disturbance. 35 year old Joseph Evilsizer was arrested Tuesday at his residence on charges of first-degree harassment and assault. Reports say that Evilsizer threatened 23 year old Colton Puccio on Tuesday afternoon at the residence of Evilsizer and his girlfriend, 47 year old Tara Parker, who is Puccio’s mother. Puccio told police that he was completing some paperwork in the residence when Evilsizer became upset with him, grabbed a small pocketknife and approached Puccio in the kitchen with the blade opened.
By Mark Evenstad
May 27, 2021 | 12:40 PM
Opening statements are underway in Clinton in the new trial of 29 year old Fonte Buelow of Dubuque. Jury selection took place on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. Buelow is accused of killing 21 year old Samantha Link in 2017. He now is charged with second-degree murder. Last year, the Iowa Supreme Court upheld a state Court of Appeals ruling vacating Buelow’s prior conviction on that charge, granting him a new trial. The appeals court ruled that records about Link’s mental health struggles should not have been excluded as evidence in the initial trial.