Man Threatened to Stab SLP Sister and Kill Her Two Children, Police Say

A Minneapolis man is accused of threatening to kill his St. Louis Park sister and her two children and, when she attempted to call 911, twisting her arm and grabbing the phone.

Willie B. Porter Jr., 22, is charged with one gross misdemeanor count of domestic assault with an intent to cause fear of immediate bodily harm and one gross misdemeanor count of interrupting a 911 call.

According to the criminal complaint:

On Nov. 29 Porter helped his sister move into an apartment on the 8000 block of 28th Street and then left for several hours.

When he returned, he was intoxicated, his sister told police, and she asked him to leave.

Porter then became extremely upset and began to direct obscenities at his sister and her two children, threatening to kill all three of them, according to the complaint.

His sister’s children told police that Porter threatened to stab their mother.

When Porter saw his sister on the phone with police, he twisted her arm and ripped the phone from her hands.

When police arrived, they found Porter and his sister outside the apartment. He had a blood alcohol percentage of .23, according to a portable breath test.