Cape Girardeau man arrested after allegedly putting woman in choke hold

Anthony Jerome Mackins of Cape Girardeau was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of domestic assault against the same woman who reportedly stabbed him two months earlier.

Mackins, 30, was charged with one count of second degree domestic assault and his bond was set at $10,000 cash only.

At 7:44 a.m. Tuesday, Cape Girardeau Police responded to the 2800 block of Whitener Street and the victim said Mackins placed her in a choke hold to get the keys to her vehicle, which she had tucked inside her bra, Patrolman Jonathan Ortmann wrote in a probable cause report. Ortmann observed injuries to the victim's neck, chest and both arms and Mackins admitted to those injuries, saying that they were wrestling for the keys, according to the probable cause statement. Mackins said he and the victim were romantically involved before "they had kind of separated," Ortmann wrote.

An arrest warrant was issued for Tricia D. Mahurin, 26, Cape Girardeau, on Oct. 31. She was charged with one count of second degree domestic assault. Mahurin admitted to stabbing Mackins in the right side of his torso to Cape Girardeau Police at the same apartment on Oct 30. She said Mackins had grabbed her and pushed her multiple times when she said she accidentally stabbed him with the knife she was holding in an attempt to scare him, Patrolman Robert Newton wrote in a probable cause statement. Newton noted that Mahurin had red marks on her neck consistent with those made by a hand and bruising on her chest and on her left shoulder.

She also said Mackins had hit her before, Newton wrote. Mackins pleaded guilty to misdemeanor domestic assault on June 12, 2009.

Mahurin has a counsel status hearing scheduled for Jan. 4 on the domestic assault case. Assistant public defender Jennifer Sloan withdrew from the case on Nov. 23 with the explanation that Mahurin did not need a public defender because she posted a surety bond for $10,000 on Nov. 3.

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Pertinent address: 2813 Whitener St., Cape Girardeau, Mo