Dubuque Man Arrested For Allegedly Stabbing Girlfriend

A rural Dubuque man is accused of stabbing his girlfriend during a disturbance in December. 22 year old Alex Marvel was arrested Wednesday on a warrant charging assault with serious injury and possession of drug paraphernalia. Reports say Marvel stabbed 22 year old Alexis Peil during a disturbance on December 10th at their residence. A report says Peil originally said she had been wounded in the back of the right knee while trying to wrestle a pocketknife away from a friend, but she refused to tell deputies who did it or exactly where it occurred. Investigators checking the validity of Peil’s story interviewed family members and applied for a search warrant for the residence of her and Marvel. While officers were at the residence, Peil admitted that Marvel wounded her leg during a disturbance at about 4 p.m. Decembe 3rd in the kitchen of the residence. The wound had been spurting blood and took a while to stop.