Arraignment In New Rochelle Stabbing: UPDATE

NEW ROCHELLE, NY — The Westchester District Attorney's Office said Autumn Graham was arraigned Monday on the charge of first-degree assault, a felony. She was remanded back into custody and is due back in court Aug. 19.

Prosecutors said, around 8:45 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 3, the victim left his apartment to go to work. As he was walking in front of 345 Main St. in New Rochelle, Graham walked toward him. She stopped, stabbed him in the back of the left neck/shoulder area and walked away.

Police responded and found the victim with the knife still in his back. He was transported to Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx with serious injuries to his spinal cord.

Graham is a resident of a shelter for the homeless. Police found her Saturday morning in a city park where she was arrested and taken into custody.

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NEW ROCHELLE, NY — New Rochelle police arrested a homeless woman in connection with a stabbing Saturday. Autumn Graham, 44, whose last known address was a homeless shelter, was charged with second-degree attempted murder and first-degree assault.

Shortly before 9 a.m. Saturday, police were sent to Main Street and Echo Avenue for a reported stabbing.

They found a 38-year-old New Rochelle man sitting on the sidewalk. He was conscious but in extreme pain.

Police said he had been stabbed, and the weapon was found lodged in his back.

Detectives arrested Graham around 3:30 p.m in the area of Library Green.

Police said it does not appear that she and the victim knew each other.

The attack appears to have been random and unprovoked.

Graham is due to be arraigned Monday in New Rochelle City Court.

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