People v. Dickson

Defendant and the victim were involved in a heated argument in their home, during which defendant threw objects, overturned furniture, dumped a fish tank containing water and fish on the floor and yelled obscenities. Two children, Terrell (born 2002) and Hayley (born 2006), were in the home at the time. Defendant was ultimately charged with menacing in the second degree (two counts), criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, stalking in the third degree, criminal mischief in the fourth degree and endangering the welfare of a child (two counts). After a jury trial, defendant was…