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Diamondbacks announcer accused of threatening wife with knife Miguel Perez Quintana By Cecilia Chan The Republic | azcentral.com Thu Jul 18, 2013 6:23 AM The Spanish-language play-by-play voice of the Arizona Diamondbacks was arrested Wednesday accused of holding a kitchen knife to his wife’s throat and threatening to kill her, according to court records. Miguel Perez Quintana, 53, surrendered to Phoenix Police on Wednesday accompanied by his attorney. Quintana was jailed on $10,000 bail after being charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, intimidation and criminal damage. He has a preliminary hearing on July 26. “The Arizona Diamondbacks take this issue and these allegations very seriously and do not condone, nor will we tolerate violence of any kind,” spokesman Josh Rawitch said. “We have taken immediate action to suspend Miguel until this matter is resolved in court.” Court records shows the wife suffered minor cuts to her left hand. The wife told police she woke up Monday night to find Quintana in the kitchen looking through her cell phone. She asked for her cell phone back and an argument ensued. During the argument, Quintana is suspected of throwing the cell phone onto the tile floor, damaging it. She then grabbed Quintana’s computer and threatened to break it because he damaged her cell phone, records show. Quintana is suspected of grabbing a kitchen knife and told her he was “going to kill her” if she broke his computer, documents say. Quintana allegedly pointed the knife in his wife’s direction and started to approach her, prompting her to run. She then dropped the computer hoping he would stop chasing her. Quintana is suspected of grabbing his wife, throwing her to the ground and getting on top of her and slapping the right side of her jaw with an open hand, records said. He then allegedly put the knife to the left side of her throat and stated, “I’m going to kill you,” according to records. The woman called out for her son, who ran out from his bedroom. The son told police he saw his mother on her back on the kitchen floor and his father on top of her holding a large kitchen knife. When Quintana saw his son, he immediately stood up and put the knife down to his side to hide it and put the knife back, according to reports. Quintana then tried to get his wife to go with him to their bedroom but she refused. The mother and son returned to his bedroom where he called 911. Phoenix police arrived to find the woman with cuts and bleeding to her left hand. Quintana was not at the house when police arrived, police spokesman Steve Martos said. Martos said police was able to contact Quintana Tuesday morning when he agreed to surrender himself. Republic reporter Nick Piecoro contributed to the story. |