A Southern Tier man has been charged with felony assault after he allegedly stabbed another person over the weekend.
According to State Police, on Friday at approximately 10:07 p.m., New York State Police at Owego and Tioga County Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched by the Tioga 911 Center to 1498 Halsey Valley Road in the town of Tioga for dispute that resulted in a stabbing. A male victim was located on Gilkie Hill Road with an apparent stab wound to the abdomen. A Trooper rendered aid on scene until EMT’s arrived. The victim was transported by Tioga Center EMS to Robert Packer Hospital to be treated for his injuries, he is expected to survive.
At about the same time, Tioga County Deputies and a Trooper responded to the scene on Halsey Valley Road and detained 25-year-old Izac Hammond, of Spencer. Hammond was transported to SP Owego where he was ultimately arrested and charged on Saturday with Assault in the second degree, a class “D” felony.
A further investigation revealed that Hammond had been involved in a domestic with a different victim at the same address just prior to the stabbing. Hammond is accused of getting into a physical altercation with a female victim and prevented the victim from leaving the residence while in the presence of a child. Hammond was additionally charged with the misdemeanors of Endangering the Welfare of a Child and Criminal Mischief in the fourth degree.
Hammond was processed and then transported to the Tioga County Correctional Facility for Centralized Arraignment where he was remanded to the Jail on $25,000 cash or $50,000 bond.
The fact that a defendant has been charged with a crime is merely an accusation and the defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
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