POLICE: FIGHT OVER GAME OF DOMINOS LED TO STABBING

A 23-year-old Cape Girardeau man was charged with two felonies in connection with a stabbing Sunday at the Taste Lounge, police said.

Aaron Eugene Wade, of 612 Koch St., was charged with a class A felonies of assault and armed criminal action in the stabbing of Marvin Dwayne Nunley, Cpl. Kevin Orr said.

Police had responded to a stabbing call at 12:47 a.m. Sunday at the Taste, located at 402 Good Hope St.

The altercation between Wade and Nunley was the result of a disagreement stemming from a game of dominos that the two had played earlier in the evening before they had come to the Taste, police said.

The fight had started inside the Taste near the restrooms, Orr said.

Nunley had suffered five separate wounds in the assault, police said. He had an injury to his left thumb, and stab wounds to his chest, under his left arm and to the left and right sides of his stomach. He was reported to be in good condition on Wednesday at Southeast Missouri Hospital.

Wade was taken into custody at 1:50 a.m. Sunday.

He is being held at the Cape Girardeau County jail on a $50,000 bond.

The Cape Girardeau City Council had issued the bar a probationary liquor license in June as the result of concerns expressed by police. Officers routinely respond to fights and assault calls at the bar, and are frequently forced to respond to noise and crowd control complaints.

The response calls by police have been so frequent that they resemble an unpaid, private security service for the bar, police Chief Rick Hetzel has stated.

The bar's owner, Michael Pryor, has stated in the past that most problems associated with the Taste occur on the street, outside his establishment.

On Wednesday, Pryor was not available for comment.

The council had voted to grant the bar a six-month probationary license instead of a one-year renewal. The probationary license is to be reviewed in December.