UTICA, N.Y. – Utica police have arrested a suspect accused in a stabbing that took place near Varick Street on April 8.
Freddie Lawrence, 42, of Utica, is charged with first-degree assault and criminal possession of a weapon after allegedly stabbing another man twice in the chest with a knife on Columbia Street near Varick Street.
Police say the victim suffered a punctured lung during the incident and required emergency medical care.