AUSTIN, Minn. – A judge approved a delay in the case of a Grand Meadow woman accused of throwing a knife and a chair at a man for opening a bag of cheese. Nikki Rae Heitland, 36, requested thae delay. Heitland has pleaded not guilty to assault with a dangerous weapon and intent to cause bodily harm. The incident was in February. The man called 911. To police he explained that he had opened a bag of cheese, which he said sent Hietland into a rage. The man said she threw a large non-serrated knife at him and then hurled a chair at his face and punched him. Police said that the nose was “bent at an odd angle,” that there was blood splattered on the floor, and that a wall had a large knife slash. The broken nose was treated at a hospital. Heitland’s side of the story: She threw the chair at the man and punched him in self-defense. She denied throwing a knife.
Heitland. Why did she throw a chair and punch the guy? Self-defense, she says.