Crime & Safety
Two Men At Restaurant Stabbed With No Provocation: Nassau PD
Police say the man they were eating with pulled out a large knife and stabbed both of them, then walked out of the restaurant.
UNIONDALE, NY — Two men were stabbed while at a seafood restaurant in Uniondale Thursday night, seemingly for no reason.
According to police, the two men, ages 33 and 57, were at Ben's Crab Shack, at 1002 Hempstead Turnpike, at 10:40 p.m. with Bradley Taylor, 50, of Columbia, Mississippi. Police say that, without provocation, Taylor took a large knife from his belt sheath and stabbed both men, and then walked out of the restaurant.
When police arrived, Taylor was arrested without incident. Both men were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment of their wounds and are in stable condition.
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Taylor is charged with two counts of second-degree assault, two counts of fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon and second-degree obstructing governmental administration. He is scheduled to be arraigned later today.
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