Man Stabbed at Riverhead 7-Eleven: Police

RIVERHEAD, NY — A man was stabbed in Riverhead Monday and also had his car window broken, police siad.

According to the Riverhead Police Department, the incident took place at a 7-Eleven on Old Country Road at about 9:27 a.m.

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Riverhead police received a report of vehicles blocking the roadway on Doctors Path near Ellen Street, authorities said.

While officers were investigating that complaint, they were approached by Marcus Belcher, 34, of Riverhead, who reported that he had just stabbed a man, police said.

Belcher was unrelated to the original complaint involving vehicles blocking the roadway, police said.

Additional 911 calls received by the police department indicated that an altercation had occurred at the 7-Eleven located at 162 Old Country Road, police said.

A subsequent investigation determined that Belcher and another man had been involved in a dispute, police said.

During the altercation, Belcher reportedly stabbed the man in the knee with a knife and subsequently broke a window of his vehicle with a baseball bat, police said.

As the man attempted to leave the location in his vehicle, he struck Belcher's vehicle, which was blocking his path, resulting in damage to both vehicles, police said.

The injured man sustained a laceration to his knee and refused medical attention, police said..

Belcher was arrested and charged with second-degree assault and third-degree criminal mischief, police said.