Gonzales arraigned Friday for allegedly stabbing ex-girlfriend

Published 9:51 am Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Carlsborg man Deeon Emilio Gonzales, 20, remains in Clallam County Jail as of Tuesday, Sept. 30, on charges of aggravated first-degree assault with a deadly weapon after allegedly stabbing his ex-girlfriend multiple times.

He’ll make his plea at his arraignment at 9 a.m. Friday, Oct. 3. in Clallam County Superior Court.

The charges follow a Clallam County Sheriff’s Office report that Gonzales allegedly pre-meditated to kill Britni Gallauher, 18, also of Carlsborg, with a knife on Sept. 20.

Gallauher told Sheriff Deputy Brian Knutson at around 4:20 p.m. she walked a block from her home on Streit Road to Gonzales’ home on Carlsborg Road to pick up their 1½-year-old daughter after an argument via text messages.

Court documents state Gonzales stepped outside with their daughter in his arm while holding something behind his back and he brought the girl to Gallauher before allegedly stabbing her. Sheriff’s deputies report Gallauher fell on her back while holding the girl and Gonzales allegedly continued to stab her. She allegedly was stabbed five times — three times in the back, near the left shoulder and the stomach.

Witnesses told Knutson they saw Gonzales take his daughter, return her to his house and go toward the Olympic Discovery Trail.

Gallauher was transported to Olympic Memorial Hospital and treated for a punctured lung and later released. Her daughter was uninjured, law enforcement said.

After a search by law enforcement into the evening, Gonzales turned himself in to the sheriff’s office around 11:45 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 21.

Judge Erik Rohrer set Gonzales’ bail at $100,000 on Sept. 22 and issued a no-contact order on Sept. 24 for him with Gallauher and their daughter.

If convicted in trial, Gonzales faces two years in prison, as a first-time adult offender, or up to life in prison without parole for the assault charge.

Court documents state Gonzales has four felony convictions as a minor, including assault in the third degree after he attacked his brother with a knife.