Crime & Safety

Couple Stabbed Multiple Times In Their Nassau Home

Police say a man entered their home and tried to rob them, and stabbed the man and woman multiple times.

A man and woman were found in their Uniondale home early Sunday morning, both stabbed multiple times in an attempted robbery, Nassau Police say.

According to police, officers went to a home on Hempstead Boulevard at 3:20 a.m. for a call of a possible stabbing. When they arrived, they went into the home through an open side door and found a 42-year-old man with multiple stab wounds. As the officers began to help the man, they also found a 44-year-old woman with multiple stab wounds.

Police determined that a man entered the home and demanded money from the victims. A fight broke out and the man stabbed both of them with a knife and then fled in an unknown direction.

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The two victims were taken to a hospital for treatment and are in stable condition.

Police did not release a description of the suspect. Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call Nassau County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-244-TIPS, or call 911. All callers will remain anonymous

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