LAST MAY we wrote about an often-arrested 28-year-old Albion man named Riley Kiesel. He’d been permanently 86′d from Dick’s Place in Mendocino, but was charged with attempted murder when he showed up at Dick’s a half-hour before closing time. Kiesel had been escorted off the premises by bartender Alexander Behounek, 32. Two hours later, about 3:20am, at the intersection of Little Lake and Lansing, Kiesel, apparently waiting for Behounek to leave work, jumped in front of Behounek’s car. Behounek made the nearly fatal error of getting out of his car to confront Kiesel, at which point Kiesel stabbed Behounek in the stomach. Deputies were quickly on the scene and located Kiesel nearby. Kiesel readily admitted to the stabbing and Behounek was airlifted to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital with a serious stab wound. He has since recovered. Kiesel had a record of local arrests going back to 2004, including charges of carrying concealed weapons, drunk in public and marijuana-related offenses. For his attack on Behounek, Kiesel was charged with attempted murder on bail of $200,000.
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