Police in Ulster County responded to the intersection of Foxhall and Flatbush Avenues in Kingston after a 911 caller reported a possible assault and stabbing on Monday, Sept. 21 at approximately 6 p.m.
Shortly after locating and administering first aid to a 39-year-old man bleeding from an apparent stab wound to the stomach, officers assisted by a K-9 unit located 30-year-old suspect Christopher D. Torres of Kingston.
Torres was charged with the felonies of first-degree assault and third-degree criminal possession of a weapon, as well as the misdemeanor of fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon.
Torres is being held at Kingston Police Department awaiting his arraignment, while his victim has been transported to Vassar Hospital in Poughkeepsie
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