Stephen Herzog

SHERZOG@NEWS-LEADER.COM

A Springfield woman was wanted on multiple felonies charges at the time police say she stabbed a woman at a northeast Springfield home earlier this month.

According to a probable cause statement, Mary Elizabeth Deen, 26, was told to leave the house in the 2100 block of North Delaware Avenue on Aug. 3, began fighting with people and stabbed a woman in her arm and back.

Police say they located a cellphone at the home that they eventually tracked to Deen. The alleged victim then identified Deen in a photo lineup, according to the statement.

Deen was arrested on Aug. 15, but when police attempted to interview her, she said "her attorney would kill her if she talked ... without him being present."

Prior to the August arrest, Deen had been charged with assault for allegedly stabbing a woman in the arm with a screwdriver during a domestic dispute in February and with the crime of robbery for allegedly running a scam involving the owner of Club Illusions in Nixa.

In the robbery case, from May 2012, Deen allegedly requested to apply for a job as a dancer at the club, then asked the owner, Craig Winchell, for a ride home.

A probable cause statement says Deen asked Winchell to stop at a fast food restaurant at which point Deen "begged" Winchell to give two other men a ride to her house.

The statement says when the car stopped outside Deen's apartment, the men tried to rob Winchell and Deen took the keys out of the ignition. Winchell said he struggled with Deen over the keys, eventually threw Deen to the ground, recovered his keys and called police.

Deen had been arrested and charged in those cases when she failed to appear for court dates in April.

After Deen was arrested and charged with two felonies, second-degree assault and armed criminal action, prosecutors asked last week for a $100,000 bond, saying Deen has "demonstrated a pattern of violent behavior" and "that she is unwilling to abide by the conditions ordered by this court."

Prosecutors say Deen is a threat to the community and a flight risk.

Judge Dan Imhof agreed to set the prosecutor's bond conditions.

Deen is currently in the Greene County Jail.