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Monday
Jan262009
Double Stabbing at Moonshine Wake
Monday, January 26, 2009 at 2:39AM
Dennis Jerome Foust, 33, of 9587 Walsh, Montague, MI seems to be trying to set some kind of record. He has already been convicted of: Breaking and Entering, Home Invasion, Furnishing Contraband to a prisoner, Criminal Sexual Conduct, and Disarming a Peace Officer. If the prosecutors get their way Foust, who has been on parole since June 2008, can add: Two counts of felonious assault and a misdemeanor count of domestic violence to his resume.
Foust is accused of stabbing two men who tried to intervene when he got into a fight with his wife. The incident happened at a funeral wake for Shawn Davila, 39, who died on New Year's Day from methanol alcohol poisioning. Davila died four days after drinking from a batch of homemade moonshine. Two other men were sickened, but survived.
During the wake on Jan. 9th - where many people were drinking alcohol - a fight broke out between Foust and his wife. According to the police, Foust allegedly assaulted his wife during the altercation. Two men intervened on the woman's behalf, instigating another fight in which both men were stabbed by Foust. The two victims were taken to a local hospital where they were treated and released.
In addition to being charged with assault and domestic violence, Foust was also charged as a habitual offender. This could result in him being sentenced to a longer prison term, if convicted on the current charges. The assault charges carry maximum four-year prison sentences, and the domestic violence charge carries a 93-day jail sentence.
Judge Kevin Drake ruled there was enough evidence presented for Dennis Jerome Foust to face trial. Drake ruled after hearing testimony from victims James Riggs, 32, and Riggs’ brother-in-law Steven Davis, 40. Drake also heard from Davis’ wife, Kathy, and a sheriff’s deputy.
Davis said he was stabbed in the side of the head, the neck, shoulder and lower back. Riggs said he was stabbed below the left shoulder. They all admitted to consuming alcohol. Foust is scheduled for arraignment in 27th Circuit Court Monday, Jan. 26, before Judge Terrence Thomas.
Foust is accused of stabbing two men who tried to intervene when he got into a fight with his wife. The incident happened at a funeral wake for Shawn Davila, 39, who died on New Year's Day from methanol alcohol poisioning. Davila died four days after drinking from a batch of homemade moonshine. Two other men were sickened, but survived.
During the wake on Jan. 9th - where many people were drinking alcohol - a fight broke out between Foust and his wife. According to the police, Foust allegedly assaulted his wife during the altercation. Two men intervened on the woman's behalf, instigating another fight in which both men were stabbed by Foust. The two victims were taken to a local hospital where they were treated and released.
In addition to being charged with assault and domestic violence, Foust was also charged as a habitual offender. This could result in him being sentenced to a longer prison term, if convicted on the current charges. The assault charges carry maximum four-year prison sentences, and the domestic violence charge carries a 93-day jail sentence.
Judge Kevin Drake ruled there was enough evidence presented for Dennis Jerome Foust to face trial. Drake ruled after hearing testimony from victims James Riggs, 32, and Riggs’ brother-in-law Steven Davis, 40. Drake also heard from Davis’ wife, Kathy, and a sheriff’s deputy.
Davis said he was stabbed in the side of the head, the neck, shoulder and lower back. Riggs said he was stabbed below the left shoulder. They all admitted to consuming alcohol. Foust is scheduled for arraignment in 27th Circuit Court Monday, Jan. 26, before Judge Terrence Thomas.
