Man charged in deadly stabbing
Police on Thursday arrested a man who they said stabbed another man to death on a street in Hempstead early Tuesday.
Jose Trinidad Yanez Mejia of Pennsylvania Avenue, Hempstead, was arrested early Thursday and charged with second-degree murder, Nassau County police said. He is scheduled for arraignment Thursday in First District Court in Hempstead.
Police said Mejia stabbed the victim during an argument at about 4:30 a.m. Tuesday at the corner of Nichols Court and Main Street. The victim, identified only as a Hispanic man, died at a hospital, police said.
It was not immediately clear what led police to arrest Mejia or what provoked the fight.
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