Man Sentenced For Attacks In Two Separate Incidents

A man has been sentenced to probation for trying to stab one man and hitting another one with a steel handle in two separate incidents in Dubuque. 34 year old Nathan Ellis pleaded guilty in Iowa District Court of Dubuque County to charges of willful injury and assault while displaying a dangerous weapon. He was sentenced to at least five years of probation. In the first incident, Ellis got into an argument with Buddy Brandenberg, of Dubuque at Brandenberg’s residence on June 3rd. Ellis threatened to kill Brandenberg and tried to stab him with a knife.  In the second incident, Jay Martin told police that he was putting items that he had stored temporarily at the Dubuque residence of Allen Brandenburg into his vehicle on August 24th when Ellis told him that he was trespassing and ordered him to leave. Ellis then picked up the steel handle of an airjack and struck Martin on top of the head with it, causing a deep laceration and bleeding.