Tonia Piontek (Photo source: Brown County Sheriff's Office)
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — A Dec. 22 plea date was set Friday for Tonia Piontek, who allegedly fatally stabbed her fiancé at their Smith Street home.
Piontek, 46, is charged with first-degree intentional homicide for the April 13 incident.
A status hearing was held Thursday, but the attorneys were not ready to schedule a trial yet. The Dec. 22 conference was scheduled as a plea hearing in case a deal is reached. If not, a trial date may be set then.
According to the criminal complaint, Piontek called 911 around 10 p.m. to report she had stabbed the man. An account of the call shows that she told the dispatcher they had both been drinking.
The complaint quotes Piontek as telling the dispatcher: ” …we’ve been fighting, he came at me and.. I often keep a knife nearby to protect myself and he’s just got ya know (inaudible), I didn’t know what else to do he’s a lot bigger than me.”
A neighbor told police the two had been arguing for about an hour and a half.
Piontek said she used a “pastry chef knife” to stab the man. Autopsy results showed the victim was stabbed in the chest with a knife that had a 7.87-inch blade.
The victim was not identified in the complaint. Green Bay police said he was 41 years old.
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