Tonia Piontek (Photo source: Brown County Sheriff's Office)
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — A Green Bay woman has been formally charged with stabbing her fiance Sunday in their Smith Street home.
Tonia Piontek, 45, faces one count of first-degree intentional homicide, use of a dangerous weapon, domestic abuse assessments.
Piontek made an initial court appearance Tuesday, where a $1 million cash bond was set. She returns to court April 29 for a balance of initial appearance.
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, who is not identified in the complaint. Autopsy results showed the victim was stabbed in the chest with a knife that had a 7.87-inch blade.
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