Man Charged with Assaulting Mother Over Snack In Windom

A Southwest Minneapolis man who apparently doesn’t care for chili has been charged with assault after police say he became angry when his mother refused to fix him something to eat – and after they found the knife he used to threaten her lying on the floor, covered in chili.

Bobby Lee Jones, 24, of the 6100 block of Nicollet Avenue South, is charged with second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon, a felony with a maximum penalty of seven years in prison and a $14,000 fine.

Jones remains in the Hennepin County Jail on a $15,000 bond. An omnibus hearing in his case is scheduled May 9 in Hennepin County District Court.

According to the criminal complaint, compiled by Minneapolis Police Sgt. Joseph Michal, Jones’ mother called police April 8 and reported that her son had shown up at her home and demanded that she “cook something for him.”

She declined, the complaint says, and Jones apparently took exception to her refusal, grabbed a large kitchen knife and pointed it at her, yelling, “I’m going to kill you, [expletive]!”

“Responding officers observed the defendant in said residence,” the complaint notes. “The defendant appeared to be intoxicated and had slurred speech.”

Police also found a knife lying on the kitchen floor “in a pile of chili that the defendant had spilled all over the kitchen before the incident involving the knife,” according to the complaint.

Though his criminal record includes no other food-related offenses, Jones has been previously convicted of theft, offering a forged check, possession of drug paraphernalia and disorderly conduct.

Until convicted, all persons listed by police as suspected of committing a crime or charged with a crime by county, state, or federal prosecutors should be considered innocent.

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