Michael Houston, 25, is charged with attempted homicide and weapons charges for allegedly stabbing a 45-year-old Trenton man at the D & A Market and Deli Friday Sept. 18.
EWING - An ongoing feud between two Trenton men erupted in a Ewing deli recently when one man stabbed the other in the neck area about seven times, Ewing police said.
Michael Houston, 25, is charged with attempted homicide and weapons charges for allegedly stabbing a 45-year-old Trenton man at the D & A Market and Deli Friday Sept. 18.
Ewing Police file photoPolice were called to the Calhoun Street deli at about 11:20 p.m. and found the victim standing inside the deli with a laceration to his cheek and holding a bloody tissue against the back of his neck.
The victim told police that he and the suspect had an ongoing dispute since August. The victim said he was already inside the deli when Houston walked in, and they immediately started arguing, police said.
Houston then pulled a knife out of his pocket and started stabbing the victim, striking him about seven times, police allege.
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Houston then fled the area before police officers arrived.
The victim was taken to Capital Health Regional Medical Center in Trenton and was released sometime the next day. Police did not make the victim's name public.
Detectives charged Houston with the crime a short time later and arrested him without incident at his Trenton home at about 7 p.m. Saturday, police said.
Houston is being held on $150,000 bail at the Mercer County Correction Center in Hopewell Township.
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