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   A Prior Lake man stabbed a 17-year-old Stillwater boy to death   
   and wounded four other people during a physical confrontation   
   between him and several others at the Apple River, a popular   
   tubing destination in western Wisconsin, according to charges   
   filed Monday.   
      
   Nicolae Miu, 52, appeared via video connection Monday afternoon   
   in St. Croix County Circuit Court in Hudson and was ordered held   
   in lieu of $1 million cash bond after being charged with first-   
   degree homicide and four counts of attempted first-degree   
   homicide.   
      
   The case leans heavily on a video recorded Saturday afternoon by   
   a man in a group of tubers, some of whom shoved Miu and accused   
   him of looking for girls, the criminal complaint read. After a   
   few minutes, Miu allegedly killed Isaac Schuman with a stab   
   wound to his upper abdomen, while four others in their 20s were   
   less seriously wounded.   
      
   Questioned by law enforcement after his arrest, Miu said he   
   acted in self-defense as several people came at him while he was   
   looking for a cellphone that was lost by a friend. He said some   
   of them "produced two weapons," hit him and were on top of him   
   at one point while calling him a child molester.   
      
   "They attacked me, [and] I was in self-defense mode," the   
   charges quoted him as saying. Once he saw someone with a knife,   
   he continued, "I thought that was it for me." He added that he   
   didn't remember stabbing anyone, and only had a knife with him   
   earlier in the day to cut the string that held their tubes   
   together.   
      
   Told of the teen's death, Miu said, "Oh, no," the charges read.   
      
   Should Miu post bail, he would have to maintain "absolute   
   sobriety" and possess no weapons, Judge Michael Waterman said.   
      
   Miu, handcuffed at the wrists and in orange prison garb, sat   
   quietly in a room at the jail under the watch of sheriff's   
   deputies during his first appearance. A copy of the criminal   
   complaint sat on a table before him. He responded "yes, sir" to   
   questions from the judge about his identity and other routine   
   matters.   
      
   During the hearing, prosecutor Erica Ellenwood requested a   
   $500,000 cash bond. Ellenwood acknowledged that Miu has no   
   criminal record but noted that he does not reside in the county   
   and conviction of killing Schuman could result in a life prison   
   sentence.   
      
   Defense attorney Jeremiah Harrelson argued for bond of $50,000.   
   He pointed out that Miu owns his home, is his family's sole wage   
   earner, works as a mechanical engineer and has lived in the Twin   
   Cities area since 1993.   
      
   Harrelson called the incident "an unanticipated, random   
   encounter on the river. ... Something went wrong on the river,   
   and it escalated into some unfortunate, very unfortunate,   
   consequences."   
      
   The judge scheduled a hearing for Friday to discuss his legal   
   representation to be followed by another hearing on Aug. 12.   
      
   The Apple River has long been a major summertime attraction for   
   Twin Cities residents.   
      
   The victims and Miu were all tubing down the river around 3:45   
   p.m., Sheriff Scott Knudson said. The attack happened just   
   upstream from the Hwy. 35/64 bridge in Somerset Township, close   
   to the Minnesota border and northeast of Stillwater.   
      
   According to the criminal complaint:   
      
   Miu ran up to several people and grabbed their tubes, a video   
   recording of the encounter provided to law enforcement revealed.   
   People in the group yelled at Miu to "get away."   
      
   Miu walked around as if appearing to be looking for something,   
   started to leave before turning around and saying something.   
   More people converged on him and yelled for him to leave. He   
   walked toward a woman, and people were heard saying "he was   
   looking for little girls."   
      
   The crowd grew larger, and "it does appear that at least one   
   person touched his shoulder" as people were on three sides of   
   Miu at varying distances. Miu had the "opportunity ... to leave   
   the confrontation," but did not, the complaint said.   
      
      
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