A Minneapolis man recently out of treatment for meth addiction repeatedly stabbed his girlfriend's 12-year-old son over the weekend, according to charges filed Tuesday.
Craig Allen Stevens, 50, faces first-degree assault charges in the boy's stabbing Saturday at an apartment in the 3200 block of Cedar Avenue S. in Minneapolis. The child was in critical condition but is now stable, charges say. He remains intubated at the hospital and will have permanent damage from the attack.
Stevens appears Wednesday in Hennepin County District Court. According to the charges:
The boy's mother called police screaming shortly after 2 a.m. to report that her boyfriend was locked in her apartment holding a knife to her son's neck. Her 9-year-old daughter was also inside. Officers had to kick in the door to the apartment and they could hear the boy inside screaming for help.
Stevens was sitting on the couch beside the boy holding a knife. The boy was covered in blood and had been stabbed multiple times, including in the upper chest/neck area. Stevens threatened to stab the boy again as police demanded him to drop the knife.
Officers used a Taser on Stevens and the boy was able to escape. Stevens struggled with police during his arrest.
The mother told police that she had been in a relationship with Stevens for two years. He was living at her apartment after he left treatment April 28.
She said Stevens used meth that day and was using consistently since treatment. For the past two days, she said Stevens had been "holding knives and acting paranoid."
