Johnson City man pleads guilty in Pratt Avenue stabbing in February
A Johnson City man arrested after a stabbing incident earlier this year in the village has pleaded guilty to an assault charge.
David J. Maiella, 32, pleaded guilty Monday in Broome County Court to a single charge of second-degree assault, a felony, in connection with a Feb. 27 incident in the village.
Maiella admitted that, while in the village of Johnson City on that day, he intentionally caused physical injury to his child’s grandfather by stabbing him with a knife and a piece of broken glass during a dispute at a residence on Pratt Avenue.
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Johnson City police responded to that address around 11 a.m. Feb. 27, and encountered Maiella attacking another man with a large piece of broken glass, police said.
The victim sustained multiple non-life-threatening stab and slash wounds during the incident. Officers recovered the shard of glass as well as a knife that was used during the attack, police said.
The investigation revealed Maiella had menaced a female with a knife prior to attacking the victim, and that a small child who was present during the incident sustained a minor injury from falling, according to police.
Village police initially charged Maiella with first-degree assault and third-degree criminal possession of a weapon, both felonies, along with misdemeanor counts of second-degree menacing and endangering the welfare of a child.
In exchange for his guilty plea, Maiella will serve four years in state prison followed by five years of post-release supervision, according to the Broome County District Attorney's Office.
Maeilla is scheduled to be sentenced Nov. 10 in Broome County Court.
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