Suspect charged with assault, robbery
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A Maryville man is facing four felony charges and a single misdemeanor count in connection with separate incidents in February and March
According to court documents, Ryan David Grady, 26, was arrested following an alleged assault Feb. 11 in the parking lot of The Canteen, 1105 E. Fifth St., a bar operated by Maryville American Legion Post 100.
Freed on bond, Grady was arrested a second time following an alleged robbery on March 25 at a residence in the 300 block of West First Street.
According to a probable cause statement filed by a Maryville Public Safety officer following the February incident, Grady allegedly attacked a male victim identified as “SB” using a “long, cylindrical object” and striking the man on the head, face and back.
The report stated that the victim suffered a laceration above his right eye, which was swollen shut. In addition, the officer wrote, the victim required medical care that included multiple stitches over his eye and to a second wound on the back of his head.
The attack caused SB to lose consciousness, according to the statement.
An eyewitness reportedly told the officer that SB was lying on the ground covering his face and head during the alleged attack.
In the March incident, described in a second probable cause report filed by another Maryville officer, Grady was arrested after police were dispatched to the residence in response to a reported assault.
The report stated that Grady was spotted nearby and apprehended after a brief foot pursuit.
During the subsequent investigation, police reported that the apparent victim alleged that Grady arrived at the residence carrying a board and demanded money.
The apparent victim then claimed the suspect produced a knife and “threatened to stab him, cut him up and kill him if he did not do exactly what he said.”
Grady reportedly entered the residence with the victim, walked through several rooms, took the man’s wallet and fled.
According to the police statement, Grady, after being advised of his rights, admitted forcing his way into the residence and threatening to kill the occupant. He also reportedly told the man he planned on “taking all of his drugs.”
The police report claimed Grady said he threatened the apparent victim with a nut driver, a hand tool similar to a screwdriver, and threatened to “drive it through his skull.”
In addition, the suspect reportedly told officers he broke into the house because his brother had obtained a controlled substance there, and he, Grady, “wanted to put a stop to the drugs.”
Grady was described as wearing a bandanna over his face during the alleged incident and was said to have fled the residence after hearing police sirens.
In connection with the alleged attack outside The Canteen, Grady has been charged with second-degree assault, a Class D felony punishable by up to seven years in a state Department of Corrections prison.
The remaining four charges relate to the March episode and include: first-degree robbery, a Class A felony punishable by 10 to 30 years in prison or a life sentence; armed criminal action, an unclassified felony punishable by no less than three years in prison without parole for the first offense; first-degree burglary, a Class B felony punishable by between 5 and 15 years in prison; and resisting arrest, a Class A misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in jail.
Grady was being held without bond in the Nodaway County jail.
