NASSAU COUNTY, NY — A woman has been arrested after she was accused of stabbing a man with a kitchen knife in a motel on Monday, police said.
Officers responded to a Nassau County motel for a disturbance that took place at 11:06 a.m., Nassau County police said.
Officers were told that a verbal argument occurred between 57-year-old Tammy Taylor and a 47-year-old man in one of the motel rooms, police said.
According to police, the argument escalated into a physical one when the woman stabbed the man multiple times with a kitchen knife. The man fled the room and the front desk called 911, police said.
The man and woman were both taken to local hospitals for treatment – the man is in stable condition, police said.
Taylor was arrested and charged with second-degree assault and third-degree criminal possession of a weapon, police said.
Police said she will be arraigned "when medically practical."
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