Man with machete cuts victim, takes off with car, Davenport Police say

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22-02-2025

A 39-year-old Davenport man was in custody Saturday after police say he cut a victim with a machete and took off with a car, according to court records.
Justin Pyles faces felony charges of first-degree robbery, second-degree theft, and going armed with intent; and an aggravated misdemeanor charge of assault while displaying a dangerous weapon, court records show.
About 2:45 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19, Davenport Police responded to the 2700 block of West 49th Street in response to a robbery in the area of North Division Street and West Kimberly Road, according to arrest affidavits.
In affidavits, police say Pyles robbed a victim, 'with the intent to commit a theft,' while brandishing a machete/knife at the victim's face, resulting in the victim suffering a cut near her right eye.
Pyles and the victim were in a 2005 silver Grand Prix that the victim was driving 'when a verbal argument began' between the two, affidavits say.
Affidavits show the victim said she was in fear that she would have been harmed further, and slowed down the car, got out, and ran into the Kwik Star, 1650 W. Kimberly Road, where she was provided aid for her cut.
Pyles got into the driver's seat of the car and took off, affidavits say. He was seen on surveillance footage parking the Grand Prix in a parking lot on the 1700 block of West 10th Street about 2:26 a.m.
On the video, he leaves the car in the lot and gets out of the car with a backpack at 3:09 a.m. Davenport Police recovered the car, affidavits show.
Pyles, who was being held Saturday on a cash-only $10,000 bond in Scott County Jail, is scheduled for a preliminary hearing Feb. 28 in Scott County Court.
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