On May 4, 2026, at approximately 3:14 A.M., Saint Paul Officers were dispatched to the 1200 block of Sherburne Avenue, Saint Paul, County of Ramsey, on a domestic assault report. Officers arrived and found MSM sitting on the couch, holding his head, and whimpering in pain. MSM said he could not speak due to the pain. JAC is MSM’s girlfriend. JAC said MSM was assaulted by his son, MARK SCOTT MELIUS, [DOB REDACTED]. JAC said at approximately 2:30 A.M., MELIUS and his girlfriend arrived, unannounced, at the residence.
MSM allowed them to enter the residence. A verbal altercation occurred. MELIUS pushed MSM into a wall in the living room causing him to fall onto a couch or the floor. MELIUS hit and kicked MSM approximately four times in the head and back. MELIUS and his girlfriend left shortly after. MSM was transported to the hospital. Hospital staff advised MSM suffered two fracture ribs. Later on May 4, 2026, MSM spoke with an investigator by phone. MSM said MELIUS called him around midnight and said he wanted to go over to talk about some family issues between his wife and MELIUS’s girlfriend.
MELIUS was drunk when he arrived and the conversation became heated. MELIUS’s girlfriend attacked his wife, MSM. MELIUS then punched him and threw him against the wall. MSM could not breathe. On May 5, 2026, MELIUS met with investigators. MELIUS said he and his father, MSM, were arguing. MSM tried to “kick (him) in (his) nuts.” MELIUS pinned MSM to the couch. MSM bit him in the chest. MELIUS pulled down his shirt and showed investigators what looked like a bite mark near his left nipple. MELIUS went to stand up.
MSM hit him in the head with a bottle. MELIUS denied body slamming or kicking MSM. MELIUS said he hit MSM in the torso area, and said it was more than five times. When asked if he had been drinking, MELIUS said they were at MSM’s house drinking together. Medical records from Regions Hospital from MSM’s visit on May 4, 2026 reported acute left posterior 11th and 12th rib fractures.
