Christian Evans, of Mastic, charged with assault, weapon possession charges following Farmingville stabbing
Suffolk County police arrested a 24-year-old Mastic man Saturday morning after a stabbing at a Farmingville deli. Credit: James Carbone
A Mastic man was arrested Saturday morning after allegedly stabbing another man outside of a Farmingville deli, Suffolk County police said.
Christian Evans, 24, became involved in a dispute with another man inside Mooney Pond Deli, police said in a news release. Around 9:05 a.m., Evans, left the deli and stabbed the other man with a boxcutter, police said.
Evans fled the scene but was arrested shortly after at a nearby 7-Eleven.
The victim, whose identity was not released, was transported by a stranger to a local hospital and treated for non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
Evans was arrested and charged with two counts of second-degree assault and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon. He is being held overnight at the Fourth Precinct and is scheduled to be arraigned on Sunday at First District Court in Central Islip.
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