A Palatine man is accused of stabbing his girlfriend’s son and the son’s friend following a domestic dispute on Easter Sunday.
Bond was set Tuesday at $1.75 million in Cook County Circuit Court for Duronn Fields, 31, of the 1300 block of East Wyndham Circle, who was charged with attempted murder and aggravated battery following his arrest near the scene, prosecutors said.
Assistant State’s Attorney Maureen McGee and Palatine police said Fields got into an argument with his girlfriend’s 23-year-old son and 22-year-old roommate and punched one of them in the face, prompting a scuffle in which Fields used an eight-inch steak knife to stab the two men.
McGee said the latest incident began Sunday evening when Fields tossed a plate of food against a wall in the residence he shares with the girlfriend.
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The son was stabbed twice in the back and suffered a punctured lung, spleen, kidney and liver and is in an intensive care unit, McGee said. The second victim suffered a deep laceration to the right side of his torso, she said.
Fields inadvertently stabbed himself in the leg during the struggle, McGee said.
Authorities said Fields is a registered sex offender because of a conviction for sexual assault of a child in Wisconsin.
George Houde is a freelance reporter.