Farmington man arrested after knife threat at Berg Park
Jason Blackie was booked on aggravated-assault charges after police say he pulled a knife and threatened a couple at Berg Park, where patrols were increased after past violence.
Jason Blackie, a 52-year-old Farmington man with prior aggravated assault convictions, was booked into the San Juan County Adult Detention Center after police said he pulled a knife and threatened a couple at Berg Park. Jail records list Blackie’s date of birth as 05/28/1974, his address in Farmington 87401 and his race as American Indian or Alaska Native.
Blackie was booked at 12:02 a.m. July 12 and faced aggravated-assault-related charges, including two counts of aggravated assault, a fourth-degree felony, along with return of parole violator allegations. He is in county custody at the San Juan County Adult Detention Center.
The couple was threatened to be “scalped” in Berg Park. They had stopped shortly before 5 p.m. to meet Blackie’s wife, 43, when the confrontation happened. Berg Park sits on the Berg/Animas Trail in Farmington, a heavily used public space where walkers, cyclists and families move through the city’s river corridor.
Farmington police added more patrols to Berg Park after a fatal stabbing there in May 2019, and in August 2017 they released a sketch in connection with an attempted sexual assault in the park on July 21.
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