Man accused of threatening to stab owner, employee at Southside Pizza
Ryan Shiner
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A man was arrested on Sunday evening after he allegedly threatened to stab the owner of Southside Pizza in Columbia and an employee at the business.
Danial Knott, 22, was charged in Boone County on Monday with second-degree assault, unlawful use of a weapon, armed criminal action and two counts of fourth-degree assault.
He is being held at the Boone County Jail on a $50,000 bond. Court filings say he is from St. Petersburg, Florida, while jail records say he is from Columbia. A court date has not been scheduled.
The probable cause statement says police were called at 10:24 p.m. Sunday to Southside Pizza on Peachtree Drive and when they arrived, saw Knott sitting inside the restaurant with blood on his shirt. Police were given a knife recovered by staff.
The statement says Knott walked into the bathroom and turned off the lights. When the owner of the business went to turn the lights back on, he saw Knott urinating on the floor and told him to leave, the statement says. The owner then grabbed Knott and Knott pulled out a knife, court documents say.
The owner allegedly had a cut on his thumb and told police he may have been cut by Knott, the statement says.
Two other people had saw Knott pull out a knife as the owner called police, court documents say. Two people allegedly saw Knott holding the knife while walking toward the counter of the business and he allegedly threatened to stab the owner and an employee if he did not receive a speaker, the statement says.
Knott allegedly slurred his speech while talking with police and claimed he pulled out a knife when someone tried to fight him, court documents say. Knott told police that the blood seen on his shirt was his own.