MAPLE GROVE (AP) -- A 19-year-old who held a New Year's party while his parents were out of town was charged in the stabbing death of one of the guests.
Michael J. Ploog was charged Friday with second-degree murder in the death of Robert C. Baffa Jr., 25, of Maple Grove.
Ploog was arrested New Year's morning shortly after police found Baffa's body about 4:45 a.m.
Ploog is accused of using a kitchen knife to stab Baffa several times during a fight. He also allegedly tried to get another person at the party to stab Baffa, according to a criminal complaint.
Police said when they arrived to the house on New Year's, they found Ploog pretending to be asleep on a couch and Baffa's body under a blanket on the floor next to him, according to the complaint.
Ploog was being held in Hennepin County Jail.
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