An 18-year-old man is in custody after authorities say he attacked his ex-girlfriend’s grandparents at their St. Paul home last week.
Marcus Allen Ronald Dixon showed up at the Dayton’s Bluff residence in the 900 block of Conway Street about 3 p.m. last Wednesday with two females described by authorities as the young man’s new girlfriends, according to a Tuesday criminal complaint filed against Dixon in Ramsey County District Court.
The two women asked to speak with Dixon’s 18-year-old ex.
The teen’s 76-year-old grandmother told the women to leave, but they refused, according to the complaint. The woman tried to “nudge” them out of her entryway so she could close the door.
That’s when Dixon, who was waiting outside the house in a minivan with two juvenile males, ran up to the door and punched the grandmother in the mouth, knocking her to the ground, authorities say.
At that point, his ex ran down the stairs to try to protect her grandmother, prompting Dixon and the two women to turn their attention on her, the complaint said.
They started punching the teen and pulled her out of the house, authorities say. At one point, the two women ran back to the minivan and the 18-year-old chased them, eventually pulling one of them out of the vehicle, the complaint said.
The two women resumed assaulting the 18-year-old until her 75-year-old grandfather and 53-year-old uncle came out of the house, authorities say.
That’s when Dixon grabbed a metal garden spade and swung it at the back of his ex-girlfriend’s grandfather’s head, causing the man to fall and hit his forehead on the sidewalk, the complaint said. Then Dixon and his associates fled.
The couple was taken by ambulance to Regions Hospital for treatment. The extent of their injuries was not detailed in the criminal complaint.
Dixon was arrested a few days later and taken into custody.
He told officers that he decided to approach his ex’s house after he saw her grandmother push his two girlfriends, according to the complaint. He only started swinging, he continued, because “everyone” else was punching, the complaint said.
He said he remembered hitting his ex’s uncle but denied hitting either of her grandparents, charges say.
The Ramsey County attorney’s office charged Dixon with second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon.
He was scheduled to make his first court appearance later Tuesday.
No attorney was listed for him in court records.