20-Year-Old Charged In Suffolk County Stabbings

A 20-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a stabbing of two men in Port Jefferson Station Wednesday night, Suffolk Police said.

After an investigation, Sixth Squad detectives charged Daniel Jusino, of Centereach, with first degree assault and second degree assault.

According to police, a man was walking on Jayne Boulevard at about 9 p.m. Wednesday when the driver of a passing Jeep slowed down and yelled at him. The man ran to a nearby friend’s house as the Jeep followed. The driver of the Jeep and a passenger exited the vehicle and attacked him. Two male occupants of the house heard the commotion and came to the man’s aide. During the altercation, the two men who came to his aid suffered stab wounds. The man being chased was not injured. The attackers fled in the Jeep, police said.

The victims were transported to Stony Brook University Hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries. One man was treated and released and the other man remains in the Intensive Care Unit following surgery, police said.

Police did not say if Jusino was the driver of the Jeep or the passenger. He was held overnight at the Sixth Precinct for arraignment Friday morning at First District Court in Central Islip. The investigation is continuing.

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