So by now, I’m sure that the entire campus has heard about the knife attack that occurred late this past Friday night/ Early Saturday morning at Sullivan’s bar.
Background: two 20-year-old girls were stabbed by another 20-year-old girl at the bar. Yes that’s right Sullivan’s lets in underage drinkers (however all three girls and a witness were cited for underage drinking). One of the girls was stabbed right above and below the eye and in the arm, the other was stabbed in the throat. By all indications this incident became very bloody, very quickly.
The attacker: Jessica Cody, sophomore political science and education major and (former) member of Black Student Council. She’s being charged with two counts of first degree recklessly endangering safety.
Cody’s first comment on the attack was:
According to the criminal complaint, just after the stabbing a bouncer at Sullivan’s ran after Cody. When he confronted her, the bouncer told police Cody looked at him and said, “yeah, I [expletive] stabbed her. What are you going to do about it?” The bouncer restrained Cody until police arrived.
First degree recklessly endangering safety could land a person a fine of $25,000 and 12 ½ years in prison, however since there are two counts and it was with a weapon the penalties could be higher. Cody is going to be looking at 35 years. Am I the only one that thought “thats it? That’s all this girl is going to get?” when they heard the charges?
One of the victims is Katlynn Dallmann. The Marquette student is now out of the hospital and recovering. Dallmann talked Monday with TMJ4′s Melanie Stout.
“I have 19 (stitches) in my arm. I have 8 at the top of my eye, 16 below my eye,” Dallmann explained.
Dallmann said she and the suspect lived in the same dorm last year, but she doesn’t know her personally. She wouldn’t say what the argument inside Sullivan’s was about, but can’t believe it went this far.
“I remember the first time she came at me and I actually thought it was a punch,” Dallmann said.
It was no punch. She and her friend were both stabbed twice.
“She actually got cut right here and they had to do surgery on her muscle to reattach it, stitches,” Dallmann said.
Dallman shared her opinion of what she wants for her attacker:
I’m not a judge so I don’t know how much time (Cody) should get,” Dallman said. “But I want justice.”
Dallman said she wants Cody behind bars, not doing community service or taking anger management classes.
“Me and (the other victim) have to live with these scars for the rest of our lives,” Dallman said. “(Cody) needs to know that you can’t just go around and cut people.”
The second victim, a visiting 20-year-old female student from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, was stabbed near the neck. According to Dallman, the victim had to undergo surgery to reattach a muscle
Radio has gotten a hold of this but I believe they approached it from the wrong way. Belling seemed to suspect that the whole issue was because of the Urban Youth takeover on Water Street. However, I think that there is a different explanation for things (sorta). I don’t think the issue was race based. From my understanding in accounts given to me, the attacker was distressed about an issue involving her boyfriend and the one of the victims. There is some evidence to indicate that the victim had been dancing with the boyfriend of the attacker. So I would venture a guess saying that no matter what the race of the people involved there is a chance that a situation like this would turn ugly quickly.
According to a university statement, the Office of Student Affairs will enact its emergency administrative policy for Cody, meaning she could be removed from the university pending the outcome of disciplinary procedures.
Cody remains in Milwaukee County jail after bail was set at $10,000. Cody has a preliminary hearing set for next Wednesday.
Let’s hope that Marquette puts this girl on the fast train to expulsionville.
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To the author Justin,
Hey Justin,
There is a typo in your first paragraph. The stabbing actually occured late Friday/early Saturday not late Saturday/early Sunday.
Justin, the issue is the knifing, not the grounds for the argument.
Lotsa men and women argue over boyfriend/girlfriend crap.
VERY few use a knife to settle it.
What does Black Student Council have to do with this? Are you saying that they are involved in an incident involving individuals at an off-campus bar? Really?
“Cody is going to be looking at 35 years. Am I the only one that thought ‘thats it? That’s all this girl is going to get?’ when they heard the charges?”
Yes, yes you are.
35 years is a long time for a crime that’s neither rape nor murder. I’m no criminologist, but per Wikipedia, the average sentence for murder is 349 months (just under 30 years).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder
Then again, she’ll never serve 35 years…
I talked with a gentleman that comes into the Rec Plex that works for the DA because I was confused as to why she wasn’t charged with assault with a deadly weapon, and it’s because Wisconsin evidently doesn’t have such a charge. 1st degree reckless endangerment carries the same weight as aggravated assault or 1st degree assault with a deadly weapon would in other states.
He also said that if convicted of both charges she would likely only serve 5-7 of those years behind bars.
Also, a friend of mine is friends with some of the sorority-mates of the MU victim, and I guess our stabber friend actually left Sullivan’s to get the knife from somewhere else and then came back to attack the girls. Not sure the truth of that since the news hasn’t been reporting it, but Dallmann told her sorority sisters that Cody had left after the fight and then came back later, and that’s when the stabbing happened.
Cura personalis. Haha.
It seems like alot of GOSSIP.Who really knows everything that happened? Was it two against one? If the other two really wanted to avoid a confrontation whhy did they go outside with her? It seems that only one side of the story is being told.
There is always two sides of a story and only one is being told.I’m sure between the lawyers and the police they will figure out that there is more to this story then what is being told.Why were there two girls against one to begin with? Has any one questioned that ? How big is Jessica compared to the other two girls from her picture her face structure looks very small.
Regardless if two girls were arguing against one, how sick are you even to condone someone using a knife against other people. And as you can clearly see, Jessica doesn’t looked to battered up in that picture, not a single scratch. I wonder how the two STAB victims looked after. By the way, the two victims were stabbed in the bar.And I have friends that knew the girl who was visiting, and she’s about 5′ 3″. Real big and threatening, I bet.
Nothing makes it ok to attack and nearly kill other people.
I am a mother of 6 children 4 which happen to be girls. I’ve always told all of my children to avoid fights, however if ever there came a time when they were getting beat up especially if it was more then one person to do whatever they had to so that could defend themselves.Its always easy to pass judgement on someone when you are not in the same situation.I can’t imagine how this young girl felt being attached by two girls twice her size. Why didn’t anyone stop it then. I think the bar should hold some kind of accountibility for letting all three of these girls drink and to let this get out of hand.I hope they close the doors on them.I’m not saying what was done was ok. What I am saying is you never know what you will do when you fear for your life.
JB- I’m with you
“I cant imagine how it would feel” to be attacked by a girl and get stabbed in the throat. This girl wasn’t fearing for her life MOM. When the girl goes “yeah I [expletive] stabbed her”, she didn’t attack these girls because she feared for her own life, she did it because she wanted to. that’s absolutely unbelievable that you would defend this girl in any respect. You have no idea what you are talking about, I gather you just made a comment on a post you didnt even read. Oh and Mom the bar did have some accountability, all 3 girls and a witness were cited for underage drinking.
I think that people who know NOTHING about the case should keep their comments to themselves. If you even watched the news or took the time to read up about it, you would know that JESSICA started the altercation with ONE of the girls, and the other one stepped in later when she tried to help pull her friend away from the knife. This has nothing to do with a girl getting beat up by two girls who were the SAME size if not smaller. She had a knife at the bar! Thats premeditation thats not defense.
MOM, as a mother, your sick to ever think this is ok. How would you feel as the parent to hear that your daughter was stabbed, and that the girl who did it said “yea i f**king stabbed her, what the hell are you gonna do about it?” That sounds like bragging, not like she were being attacked and defensive.
This girl clearly wasnt being “beat up”. You need to stop trying to justify this as if the girl did nothing wrong. Look at her police photo. She should maybe have at least a few bruises or scratches before stabbing and almost killing other people with a knife she just happened to be carrying…..but maybe that’s just me because at least I have morals and respect for human life.
It appears that some of the people above did not read all the articles from the paper & on the web about this incident.As the mother of 2 college aged young adults (one a daughter) I worry about them all the time & read things like this. All the stories stated that the 1 girl attacked the other 2 with a knife. The 2 girls did not hit the other girl. There was some kind of argument but no physical altercation. It is a shame we think using a knife or a gun for that matter is a way to protect yourself when we do not know all the facts. I do not want my daughter or son for that matter abused but I do not advocate them using violence with a weapon to stay safe. When did it become OK to stabb someone over an argument?
JB-
You are right on one thing if you know nothing of the case you should keep your comments to yourselves. But what do you really know about the case…? Have you heard every single witness testimony? do you know the backgrounds of these individuals? Do you base this on what you see on the news and these articles repeating the same information?
Question: Do you take everything to be aired on the news 100% true? Like the Bible?
Fact is only one side of the story has been told. How did they get the bulk story? They got the story by interviewing the victim alone. Why would she admit that her and her friend were beating up another girl? I will tell you why because then they would not look like the victims. As for her allegedly making that explicit statement- it is simply “he said she said”. If you READ carefully, you hear The bouncer said this, or criminal complaint says that. Notice that no one else heard her say this? Only the one bouncer? It seems to me the bouncer was just ticked off because he knew the bar’s license was up for renewal and he wants to put all the blame on someone.
p.s.Did anyone ever think that if the bar had been checking id’s positively, the accused, and the victims would have never been there that night?
Thank you Concerned Says.
Mother of 2, Justin and JB.
How do you know it was just an argument? Only one side of the story is being reported. If you look at ather blogs there are other parts of this entire ordeal coming out. Alcohol gave two girls muscles that they tried to show to someone else. Just remember there were more people in the bar then these other two girls might be friends with that saw things happen. THE TRUTH WILL PREVAIL. GOD BLESS LITTLE JESSICA.
Since when did it become ok for two girls to jump another girl. These girls are playing there roles to the fullest. I can’t believe they were not charged with assault and battery. If you get hurt trying to hurt someone else whose falt is that(rhetorical question so I really don’t give a d— what other people think.) It appears that Jessica is taking all the blame for this incident. Sullivans should be closed down Again and those girls should have their pathetic fake %4#@ in jail. I can’t believe this BS because it sounds too shady. The boys at Sullivans didn’t learn their lesson the first time. The so called victims are not so innocent, they were drinking in a bar and was fighting. I think people just want to see Jessica go to jail because she is— YOU KNOW IT BLACK. I’m part Asian and part Black and this is how I see it like it or not. The media is making Jessica out to be the bad person when these girls should be sharing the blame along with the bouncer at Sullivan’s who stooped to the level of lying to make his B—- A– look good. I hope the parents sue the F— out these people. These girls know what they did and if they are not charged they will have to live with the internal and external scars. Also, did anyone notice that the Marquette scoop was selectively posting comments that were all against Jessica. Wow those good old Jesuits. Obviously, stories like this piss me off.
What makes you all so sure the 2 girls were “jumping” Jessica? Unless you were there you’re basically just trying to victimize these girls more. She doesn’t even look like she was in a fight. And Lavon….in order to get assult and battery maybe you should a) look battered and b) immediately tell the cops the girls attacked you.
I thnk all this speculation on the case is wrong. people who know nothing shouldn’t start making judgements against people, or condone the dangerous actions of others. its so pathetic what our world’s turn to when action like this is ok.
Jamie,
You better go and come again if you want to mess with my mind. Sorry I’m not joining the pitty committee here. It’s obvious something is wrong here. Why don’t we all join hands and feel sorry for the people who died while trying to bomb our twin towers. Also, for anyone out there that likes to jump, steal, rob and kill people, Jamie and others like her feel you should not get charged if you get hurt while doing your dirt. You need to start by taking your own advice and stop being a hypocrite. You’re condoning fighting, yet your’re trying to sound so innocent about it(such BS); so where does that put you at in this pathetic world. You know what, don’t bother to ask you friends to think of a response to send back to me; just take your A– back to school.
PS if you don’t get a response back from me, don’t be offended, I’ll probably have my young sweet innocent looking 19 yr old A– at Sullivans trying to see who I can jump with my girlies.
Lavon, I love you’re honesty and additude.
Oh and by the way I’M white.Anyone with 1/2 a brain can figure out that something smells with the other two girls.
GOD BLESS YOU JESSICA. I’M PRAYING FOR YOU AND YOU’RE FAMILY!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh and by the way Jamie, Like I said before you never know who was there at the bar when this happened.
We only heard one side of the story because Jessica won’t talk. Why? Because she doesn’t want to 1) incriminate herself by saying what really happened 2) she may feel some remorse for the heinous act she committed and get bad press for it 3) because she’s trying to get off the hook.
Ya, I personally know one of the girls who got STABBED. I question why Jessica had a knife on her to begin with? Think about it.
JL-
Your reasons for why this girl will not talk are ignorant. Why? Because you just ASSumed all those reasons without any evvidence. Where is a paper saying “Jessica said shes not talking because she may feel some remorse, or b/c she’s trying to get off the hook?”
Can you please show me the paper where Jessica says that????
P.S. Who keeps saying these girls got stabbed? That girl looks like she got cut- not stabbed. Can someone report their REAL injuries? Also did anyone read the article about how long these girls had to stay in the hospital…? It was a few hours and then they were released the same day. Wow. Big life threating injuries, and they send you out the door the same day with stitches?
I never said Jessica said any of that in newspapers. I’m posing the question of why HASN’T she put any statements out there? Why is she NOT talking?
Um, the girl got STABBED because the knife went into her shoulder and deep enough to cut a muscle that needed surgery. It was not a surface skin cut. How do I know? I KNOW HER and I saw the cut and the stitches and the blood and everything. If the cut deviated by 1 cm, it would have hit a vein she could have bled to death. Yes, it was life threatening.
It is obvious you know the victim. I can’t imagine the feelings inside the both of you.
I must say as unfortunate as the situation is, you continue to contradict yourself in these opinions you post.
For starters posing a queston on a blog site about why that girl is not talking serves no purpose. I think you and everyone else knows the only person that can answer why this girl is not talking is Jessica Cody. Perhaps you should call and ask her so you can get an accurate answer, instead of asking a question clearly no one on this blog site can answer. (they can only say what they “think”- and that is just not fact)
Secondly you proved my point when I said it was not a stabbing but a cutting. Look at your last response and look how many times you used the word “cut” to describe her cut injuries…”I saw the CUT and the stitches and the blood and everything” “If the CUT deviated by 1cm it would have hit a vein…” Not to mention the victim whos picture is posted on this page is the victim I was speaking of. Clearly she was cut and you made no reference to the victim whos face they show on this page.
Thirdly if you saw everything, then you should be of great help to police. And you should have nothing to worry about.
1) Everyone here is posing questions and opinions as am I but since we shouldn’t ask questions,I guess we should just stop blogging?
2) So sorry about the bad word choice. I really should have said STAB WOUND every time I said “cut.” I apologize. Please don’t “cut” me. (I was not referring to the girl in the picture but the other girl who was injured in this incident who was “stabbed” in the shoulder and the wound inflicted was about an inch deep.)
3) An no one is worried. Maybe Jessica Cody is worried because she’ll serve jail time for what she did but the facts as we all know will give just to the situation.
JL-
This will be my last response for you since it is obiovus I am not having a conversaton with an adult. No we should not stop blogging- you should. (at least until you get your thoughts organized)
My claim was that these girls were cut not stabbed. You then replied detailing that is was a stab wound by using the word cut 3-4 times (after I just stated it looks like a cut) One would think you would refrain from using that word since you were arguing they were stab wounds. But you originally wrote “cut” because that is what you meant to say. No need to try and revise what you said. It has already been posted. Taking the time to read what someone has posted and then replying would also help your claims. If you read carefully, when I first said it looks as if it was a cut (referring to the victim on the page) you never defended that saying it was a stab wound. Why? Do you think the victim on the page was stabbed or cut?
And I don’t know this stabber/cutter’s background or personality. But it appears as if it was a bar fight that went way to far. Why were these girls in a bar underage and fighting?
It is one thing if you are drinking and someone who you don’t know comes up and stabs two girls for no reason at all. Then I will admit that Jessica Cody should go to jail for as long as possible. Although if it was a fight (which the articles make it out to be that these girls knew each other) and then these girls got hurt, everyone involved is to blame.
Lastly you stated no one is worried. Once again proving my point how serious was this incident? The victims of rape, paralyzed gun shot victims, and victims that have been tortured are worried, actaully terrified that it could happen to them again and want to see these thugs off the streets because they are just that scared. You saying you know one of the victims personally and no one worried- I suppose is good news. If the victims are not worried, they must not feel afraid of this girl who committed this crime. And if you really saw everything and knew every fact you would not pose questions. It is highly unlikely one person knows ALL the facts, or else it would be an open and shut case. But this case is still going on because there obviously is more. We all will just have to wait and see.
My thoughts are completely straight. Understand YOUR thoughts please.
1) I NEVER said I was THERE and saw the incident occur. I saw the aftermath of it when my friend showed me her stab wound and told me about what happened to her.
2) I do need to revise what I said because what I meant was that they were stab wounds. So again, please do excuse my bad word choice by saying cut instead of stab. The girl in the photo does seem to be cut but I was not talking about her when referring to the “stabbing”. MY friend (the other girl) was the one who was stabbed. So it’s clear, one was cut, one was stabbed.
3) These girls did not know each other. Yes they were all underage but what does that have to do with anything? They shouldn’t be in a bar, yes but they’re all college students. College students go to bars regardless of their legal age, it’s culture. As you stated, “It is one thing if you are drinking and someone who you don’t know comes up and stabs two girls for no reason at all. Then I will admit that Jessica Cody should go to jail for as long as possible.” THIS IS THE FACT. Jessica Cody did in fact just attack these girls. My friend said she didn’t have any clue who this Jessica Cody person is nor did her friend (in the above picture).
4) What I meant by “no one worry” was that I am not worried. In a previous post, you told me not to worry so I’m just saying I wasn’t.
5) The case is going on because Jessica Cody is trying to say she was attacked which is untrue. She’s trying to get off the charge of using a weapon (the knife) to attack the two girls. Again, untrue. She clearly used a knife as my friend said, the newspaper said, and the witnesses around said. Now she’s claiming that she was attacked and found a random peace of glass on the floor and “defended” herself. A lot of people at the bar (not myself because like I said, I wasn’t there) said they saw Cody use a knife.
I go to Marquette and know everyone involved!
Did anyone know that Tone and Jessica had some sort of “secret” relationship? I know someone who said the first time they had sex was Valentines Day. AND THAT IS FACT. What is also interesting is a friend said Jessica told them she spent the night at Tone’s apartment a week before this inicident happened! How do I know for sure? I live in the same apartment building as he does. And I know I SAW (with my own eyes) her leave out his apartment one morning. That fact could never be disputed because there are cameras on every floor in Campus Town so I’m positve anyone who cared could go back and look at the tapes to see if she was really there. Tone never talked about having a girlfriend thats for sure. Jessica was not the only one Tone had his eye on either. Tone is a rolling stone and I can think of 3 other girls he as um engaged in sexual activities with. Of course their names will not be mentioned because I am friends with some of them sadly.
I know Jessica and that girl loves being single. I’m 100 % positive Jessica thought she was talking to a single guy since last semester. And I know Janel a nice pretty young lady-but also is one jealous girl who had her best friend Katlynn with her the night this happened.
Suddenly this inicident doesn’t seem so random now….
I know several guys who Jessica slept with and she didn’t stab their girlfriends. That does not give her the right to carry and use an illegal weapon. Jessica wouldn’t be facing such harsh penalities had she used her own hands to attack these women. She broke the law and now must pay her debt to society. I wonder how “Eye Opener” would like it if someone stabbed one of her friends or relatives simply because they were disliked. We need to focus more on the fact that Jessica broke the law, and less time quantifying the amount of people that Jessica and Tone slept with.
[...] In Milwaukee it’s “recklessly endangering safety” — In New York City it’s attempted homicide. Written by Brian on November 30, 2008 – 10:46 pm – Welcome, if you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed or subscribe to our email newsletter. Thanks for visiting!You will recall this recent September’s alleged stabbing by Marquette student (sophomore?) Jessica Cody of another fellow Marquette student and a third (non-MU) student at Sullivan’s bar on Water Street in Milwaukee. Justin discussed it at length. [...]
What has happened to this case?
What has happened in this case ?