Charges Pending For Two Maquoketa Men Who Stabbed Each Other

Maquoketa police said Wednesday that charges are pending related to an altercation earlier this month in which two men stabbed each other. 64 year old David Anderson and 20 year old James Meisland who live together in Maquoketa, were airlifted to University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City. The two men arrived at Jackson County Regional Health Center in Maquoketa at about 8:45 a.m. on December 3rd with stab wounds. A report says that Anderson and Meisland were arguing in their home, then both men armed themselves with knives from a butcher block in the kitchen. Meisland said that after he was stabbed by Anderson, Meisland stabbed him back “an unknown number of times. A third person drove the men to the hospital, where a member of the medical staff told officers that Anderson’s injuries were life-threatening and he may not survive.