Nassau Man Charged with Attacking Neighbor with Fork and Knife

A Freeport man was arrested Friday after he allegedly stabbed his neighbor with a fork and slashed and stabbed her with a steak knife.

According to detectives, Thomas W. Cummings, 47, of Rose Street in Freeport, knocked on the door of a 35 year old female neighbor in the apartment complex in which they both lived at 9:45 p.m. Upon opening the door, Cummings allegedly pushed his way in and attacked her with a metal fork he was carrying, causing puncture wounds to her left arm and right hand.

A male friend who was in the apartment entered the kitchen, at which time the woman was able to escape to the hallway. Police say Cummings took a steak knife from a drawer and chased the woman down the stairs, where he continued to attack her by slashing her in the back and stabbing her in the arm with the knife.

Cummings fled back into to his apartment where he was located and placed under arrest. The woman was transported to a local hospital for treatment of her injuries.

Cummings is charged with two counts of first degree burglary, one count of second degree assault and two counts of third degree criminal possession of a weapon. He was set to be arraigned on Saturday at First District Court in Hempstead.