10/19/2022
Yonkers, NY – At about 12:22 PM, members of the Yonkers Police Department responded to the area of 61 Riverdale Avenue on a report of a stabbing incident.
Upon and subsequent to arrival officers located the 63-year-old male victim, a Yonkers resident, with a minor laceration to his forearm; the suspect, a 55-year-old male homeless individual, was identified and apprehended by patrol officers.
Both victim and suspect are apparently known to each other and the incident appears to have been a personal dispute in nature that escalated to physical violence when the suspect allegedly attacked the victim with a knife.
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The victim was treated at a local area hospital; police recovered the knife at scene.
The suspect, identified as Samuel AREIZAGA, was arrested and booked on one count of Assault 2, a Class D Violent Felony in the New York State Penal Law. Of note, this is AREIZAGA’s 65th arrest, with 60 convictions.
He also has 6 open bench and arrest warrants, with a record of 19 failure to appear counts.
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