ST. PAUL, Minn. — A celeb chef from the Twin Cities, Justin Sutherland, is accused of assaulting and threatening to shoot his girlfriend final week. On Monday, the Ramsey County Lawyer’s Workplace charged 39-year-old Sutherland with one felony rely of threats of violence in connection to the incident on Friday. Particulars from the legal complaintAccording to the legal grievance, officers responded on Friday shortly after 8 p.m. to the 800 block of Entrance Avenue on the report of an individual with a gun exterior a constructing. The caller mentioned the male suspect had the gun in his hand and a feminine particular person “gave the impression to be in misery.” A second caller mentioned she was on a video name together with her sister who mentioned her boyfriend was attempting to kill her, and that the boyfriend took the cellphone away and threw it to the bottom.
When officers arrived, they situated Sutherland strolling out of the rear of the deal with. An officer instructed him to show away from him and put his arms on his head, to which Sutherland allegedly mentioned “I referred to as 911 and also you attempting to f****** arrest me?” Although he continued to yell on the officer, he adopted the officer’s instructions and was taken into custody.
Sutherland has been charged with threats of violence, a felony, in connection to the incident on Friday.
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One other particular person got here out of the constructing and spoke with police, saying he’s a longtime pal of Sutherland. He instructed police that Sutherland had only recently moved into the constructing along with his girlfriend and that they’ve had “points once they combat,” the grievance mentioned. He mentioned he went to the deal with as a result of they had been preventing and needed to “bodily get in the midst of them and push them aside.” He denied seeing Sutherland with a gun. Police then situated Sutherland’s girlfriend contained in the residence. She instructed police the argument started when he instructed her that they had been now not going to a music pageant. She mentioned that Sutherland was additionally upset in regards to the neighbors “being racist in direction of him” and he or she believed he was taking out his anger on her, the grievance mentioned. The girl mentioned that when she referred to as her sister to elucidate the state of affairs, Sutherland approached her and choked her for a number of seconds earlier than slamming her cellphone on the kitchen counter a number of occasions, in keeping with the grievance. She mentioned Sutherland later grabbed a gun, pointed it at her, threatened to shoot her and hit her within the chest with the gun. Whereas executing a search warrant on the deal with, police situated a plastic gun case sitting on high of the mattress with two handguns inside. Police additionally recovered eight extra firearms together with ammunition. In line with the grievance, one of many weapons had a blood-like substance on it. Police famous that once they initially made contact with Sutherland, he had blood on his arms. The girl’s damaged cellphone was additionally recovered.
Police responded earlier that evening, however made no arrestAccording to the grievance, police had been dispatched to the identical deal with earlier that night after a girl reported her boyfriend choked her and was attempting to kick her out of the condominium. Whereas on the cellphone, the girl refused to offer her boyfriend’s title as a result of she did not need anybody to get in bother.Officers who responded spoke with the girl, who mentioned she and Sutherland had a disagreement about “one thing silly” and that he pushed her within the higher chest at one level. She mentioned she was nice and didn’t need assistance from law enforcement officials. Sutherland instructed police that they’d a verbal disagreement and didn’t want the police. No arrests had been made at the moment. Sutherland “vehemently denies” the accusations, lawyer saysSutherland made a court docket look Monday morning and was launched shortly after on his personal recognizance. As a situation of his launch, Sutherland was ordered to give up all of his firearms.
Felony protection lawyer John Daly is representing Sutherland. In an announcement supplied to WCCO, Daly says there are a number of falsehoods within the grievance and that Sutherland “vehemently denies” the allegations. They’ll problem the fees. If convicted, the threats of violence cost has a most sentence of 5 years in jail and/or a $10,000 nice. Sutherland, an “Iron Chef America” winner and “Prime Chef” contestant, not too long ago introduced a 3rd location for his Massive E sandwich store can be located on Washington Avenue in Minneapolis. On the identical time, he introduced his award-winning restaurant Pearl & the Thief’s new location set for the Mill District in Minneapolis. In 2022, he suffered critical accidents to his face and shoulder after getting struck by a propeller whereas boating on the St. Croix River on the Fourth of July. He underwent a number of surgical procedures to restore his jaw and arm.
—For nameless, confidential assist, individuals can name the Nationwide Home Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 or 1-800-787-3224.
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