Police: Suspect stabbed bartender

Jamie Eagleman, the 25-year-old woman who was arrested Wednesday night at the Magic Diamond Casino, allegedly stabbed the bartender in her back twice, tried to stab an officer and threw a knife at others, according to documents filed with District Court.

Eagleman has been arrested for attempted deliberate homicide, two counts of assault on a peace officer, three counts of assault with a weapon, two counts of robbery and resisting arrest.

An affidavit of probable cause was filed in District Court Thursday by Hill County Attorney Gina Dahl.

Wearing a black hoodie, Eagleman took a pack of Marlboro Reds cigarettes and made her way toward the exit door of the Town Pump convenience store without paying, the document says. The clerk and a customer told her to stop. The customer tried to block the door when Eagleman pulled out a knife and told him to back off.

Officers arrived on the scene and were discussing how to locate Eagleman, who had been identified by the customer, when a call came in stating a woman had been stabbed at neighboring Magic Diamond Casino, the document says.

The officers entered the casino and found Eagleman behind the bar laughing and another woman bleeding on the floor.

The officers reported they saw Eagleman holding a weapon and, when she was told to put it down, she challenged the officers to shoot her. The officers were able to detain Eagleman. The document says officers found multiple knives and razor blades on her.

According to the statement by the alleged stabbing victim, Eagleman came into the casino and had two beers, then she was denied a third because she was not playing the games. Eagleman went behind the bar and tried to serve herself before the bartender grabbed the glass and told her that she was not allowed to be there.

The bartender's statement says that she then turned her back to Eagleman, and that's when she felt like she got punched in the back twice. Someone yelled out that she had been stabbed and Eagleman said "the cops were already on their way," which the victim said she thought was "weird."

Eagleman was being escorted to her cell at Hill County Detention Center, the document says, and during a final search she pulled out a knife believed to have been hidden in her groin area. She tried to attack an officer and lunged at another while holding the knife.

While Eagleman was being restrained, officers said, she threw the knife at two staff members, almost hitting them.

Eagleman is being held on $200,000 bond at the detention center.