A man faces charges after stabbing another man in the leg who was helping his ex-wife move out in Dyer, according to a criminal affidavit.
Robert Alan Cox, Jr., 38, was charged Thursday with multiple felonies.
His home address was not listed on court records. Online records show he is in custody with bail set at $5,000 cash surety.
The victim told police he went to a home on the 1400 block of Greenwood Avenue at 9 a.m. Tuesday to help a woman he knew move out of the property.
Cox arrived uninvited, going inside with a baseball bat to tell the woman, his ex-wife, he would kill the other man, the affidavit states.
The victim was sitting in his truck taking a break when Cox started smashing it, then broke the driver’s side window, before pulling out the man and beating him repeatedly with the bat in the head and body.
The man held onto Cox’s waist during the attack and managed to wrestle him to the ground before Cox pulled out a knife and stabbed him in the leg, the affidavit states. Police arrived shortly afterward and separated both men.
The man was transported via ambulance with multiple injuries – needing five staples to close a deep cut on his head, five stitches for his leg, a broken thumb and blood loss.
Police recovered the bat and knife outside, charges state.
Cox was charged with aggravated battery, a level 3 felony, battery by means of a deadly weapon, a level 5 felony, battery resulting in serious injury, a level 5 felony and criminal mischief, a class B misdemeanor.
The top charge, level 3 felony, carries a penalty range of 3 to 16 years with a 9-year advisory sentence and up to a $10,000 fine.
