Dubuque Man Sentenced For Knife Incident

A Dubuque man has sentenced to two years of probation for multiple charges, including one for throwing a knife at another man. 67 year old Richard Hos was sentenced in Iowa District Court of Dubuque County after pleading guilty to two counts of first-degree harassment and one count each of assault while displaying a dangerous weapon and fourth-degree criminal mischief. A report says that one of the harassment charges stems from an incident on September 30th at Massey Marina. Hos told a marina employee that he was going to kill her and threw a canister at her after he was asked to leave. The rest of the charges stem from an October 3rd incident, during which Dubuque County Sheriff’s Department deputies responded to the Dubuque residence of 42 year old Jesse Birch. Hos reportedly cut the seat of Birch’s motorcycle while it was parked in front of Birch’s residence and then confronted Birch with a knife in the driveway.