Crime & Safety
Nassau Man Stabbed Another During Argument: Police
Police say an argument between the two men escalated, and ended in violence.
NEW CASSEL, NY — A New Cassel man was arrested here Tuesday after Nassau County police say he stabbed another man in an argument.
According to police, Emilio Cruz-Yanes, 59, of New Cassel, was in an argument with a 50-year-old man outside a deli on Prospect Avenue at 5:50 p.m. Police say the argument escalated, and Cruz-Yanes stabbed the other man in the chest and then fled the scene.
The man was take to a hospital for treatment.
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Police located Cruz-Yanes a short time later and arrested him without incident.
Cruz-Yanes is charged with first-degree assault. He is scheduled to be arraigned later today in First District Court in Hempstead.
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