Knife smashes window, police say

Two children narrowly escaped being slashed by an irate Skyline man when he thrust a butcher knife through the family’s window Sunday.

The suspect, Jesus A. Cota, 29, is charged with reckless endangerment and resisting arrest and was the only one who suffered injury in the incident, first hurting himself when he stuck his arm through the window, breaking it out, and next when he was taken down by police.

Lawmen found Cota bleeding when they arrived to investigate the domestic dispute call at Skyline Apartments. Officers said Cota had a huge gash on his arm and was bleeding profusely from the wound. It was during their subsequent investigation they discovered the wound was caused when Cota stuck his arm through the front window of an apartment at Skyline, breaking it and thrusting a butcher knife into the home. Witnesses said Cota became enraged during a dispute with the resident and went into a nearby residence and returned with a butcher knife.

The man whom Cota was after reportedly locked himself in his apartment and was hiding inside when the butcher knife was thrust through the window. The victim said his children, ages 5 and 9, were looking out the window at the time and narrowly missed being slashed by the knife as it broke through the glass.

The exact nature of the dispute is unknown. However, police say despite the wound, Cota’s temper was still hot as he tried to charge at the victim again in their presence when he stepped outside his residence to identify him. Police had to forcibly restrain the angry man who continued trying to break their grasp as they were taking him from the scene to jail.