Beacon Man Faces Attempted Murder Charge after Patterson Stabbing

PATTERSON, NY — A Dutchess County man is accused of repeated stabbing another man with a knife, Putnam County Sheriff Donald B. Smith reports. The incident took place in Patterson, whcre the victim's granddaughter was present.

Patrick Murphy, 27, of 15 Oak Street in Beacon, is accused of repeatedly stabbing the grandfather with a knife.

Sheriff's deputies were dispatched about 10 a.m. on April 25 after a 911 call reported an altercation between two men at a residence at 1129 Route 311 in Patterson. When deputies arrived there, they found a 60-year- old man outside the residence who was bleeding heavily from multiple stab wounds to his torso. With the injured man were persons later identified as his girlfriend, his daughter and his infant granddaughter.

The victim and the other adults present told deputies that Murphy had stabbed the victim. At that point, Murphy came out of the house and was arrested.

The Patterson Volunteer Ambulance Corps was summoned to aid the victim and he was transported by ambulance to Danbury Hospital, where he underwent emergency surgery.

Sheriff’s investigators processed the crime scene, collected evidence and interviewed the witnesses. Investigators determined that Murphy and the victim were known to each other and that, according to witnesses, Murphy was the alleged aggressor in the incident.

Investigators charged Murphy with attempted murder in the second degree and assault in the first degree, both class B felonies, and with criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree and endangering the welfare of a child, both class A misdemeanors. The child endangerment offense was charged because the alleged violence occurred in the presence of the victim’s granddaughter.

Murphy was arraigned before Town of Patterson Justice Anthony Mole and was remanded to the Putnam County jail without bail to await a felony hearing scheduled for May 2. If found guilty of the attempted murder and assault charges, Murphy could face up to 25 years in state prison.

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