Crime & Safety
Smith and 9th Street Station Stabber Arrested: Cops
The 41-year-old fought with a group of men and then stabbed someone else who tried to stop him from getting on the train, cops said.
GOWANUS, BROOKLYN — A Red Hook man was arrested last week after he got into a fight and then stabbed someone who tried to stop him from getting on a train at the Smith and 9th Street station, police said.
Steven Jones, 41, was charged with criminal possession of a weapon and assault on Friday for the incident, which happened around 3:50 p.m. the day before.
On Thursday, Jones had gotten into a dispute with a group of men on the subway platform and then tried to get on a Manhattan-bound G train. Another 48-year-old man, though, tried to stop him from getting onto the train.
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Jones took out a knife and stabbed the man in the left bicep, police said.
The man was taken to Methodist Hospital and was in stable condition. Jones fled the station, but police caught him on video going down the stairs.
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They found him just after 10 p.m. on Friday.
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