Attempted murder trial set in Plymouth stabbing, choking case
Darrell Clem
Hometown Life
Barring a plea deal, a Plymouth man's trial has been set for March amid allegations he attacked and choked his ex-wife and stabbed her son, who was bleeding profusely on a basement stairwell when police and paramedics arrived.
Graling Owens, 56, is facing a jury trial March 14 in Wayne County Circuit Judge Qiana Denise Lillard's courtroom, court records show. He could face penalties ranging up to life in prison if convicted of assault with intent to murder, two counts of assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder, two counts of felonious assault and being a fourth-degree habitual offender.
Police say the incident happened about 1:50 a.m. Nov. 21 inside the Haggerty Road residence that Graling and his 45-year-old ex-wife shared. Plymouth police Lt. Jamie Grabowski has said an investigation revealed the ex-wife and her son were moving her belongings out when the situation escalated.
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Police say it wasn't the first time Graling was accused of assaulting his wife. The attack on her 20-year-old son, who didn't live in the home, left him with a knife protruding from his lower torso.
Court records indicate Graling has a criminal history from 2000 and 1991 that includes assault with a dangerous weapon and attempting to break into a building, neither of which occurred in Plymouth. It wasn't immediately clear if either of those cases involved the ex-wife.
Paramedics used a tourniquet to stop the bleeding and rushed the ex-wife's son to a hospital, where he underwent surgery. Police say the wife had been severely assaulted and choked.
A not-guilty plea has been placed in Graling's court file as he awaits trial.
Police say Graling fled the scene after the incident, but he turned himself in less than two hours later.
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