A 22-year-old Minneapolis man in a “Michael Myers” costume held a knife to a Halloween party host’s throat in Saint Paul on Oct. 30, according to the complaint. The host told police he was not frightened because he believed the knife was a prop. When he pushed the man away, the man swung the knife toward him and cut his hand.

Saint Paul police were called to a home on a report of an assault with a knife and found the host with a cut to his hand. At a hospital, he told officers that he and his roommates had been hosting the party when a man they did not know was being “weird to girls” and was asked to leave. The man wore the costume with the mask up and his face showing, the host said. He also had a knife.

The host and his friends walked the man to the porch and told him again to leave. The man swore at the host and told him to get away, the host said, then held the knife to his throat. The host raised his hand to block the swing that followed and the blade cut it. The man ran. Several others at the party backed up the account.

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Officers searching the area found a man who matched the description, though he had taken off much of the costume. He ran from them repeatedly. When they caught up to him he grabbed at officers and kicked his legs, the complaint says. In a show-up, a party guest who saw the assault identified Felix St. John Krans as the man who cut the host. The guest also gave police a video showing Krans arguing with others at the party while holding a large kitchen knife.

The costume’s mask was found about a block north of the home. Nearby were other pieces of the costume, a knife matching the one described and Krans’ wallet and cellphone. As he was taken to the Law Enforcement Center, Krans made threats toward officers, the complaint says.

Krans is charged in Ramsey County District Court in a complaint filed Nov. 2 with second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon, a felony punishable by up to seven years in prison or a $14,000 fine or both. A judge set bail at $40,000.

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Jurisdictional Context

Ramsey County encompasses Saint Paul and is served by the Ramsey County Attorney’s Office. Felony cases are heard in the Second Judicial District at the Ramsey County Courthouse in downtown Saint Paul; Ramsey County Community Corrections operates the Ramsey County Correctional Facility in Maplewood.