Man Hospitalized After Being Assaulted

by Contributor | October 29, 2020 11:14 am

EAST SYRACUSE – The Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office reports that detectives have charged a Fulton man in connection with an altercation that occurred Tuesday morning inside an East Syracuse
home.

On October 27 at approximately 7 a.m., Onondaga County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to Upstate University Hospital for an assault investigation. Deputies investigating the incident report that the victim, a 24-year-old male was assaulted inside his home on Myers Road, East Syracuse, by an acquaintance of his after the two had an argument. During the altercation, the suspect allegedly repeatedly punched the victim in the face and also caused a large laceration to his face with a knife.

The suspect, who was identified as Djaquinn Johnson, 34, of East Utica Street, Fulton, was charged by detectives yesterday evening with assault in the 1st degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the 3rd degree.

He is currently being held in the Justice Center and is expected to be arraigned this morning. The victim sustained facial fractures which required surgery and has since been released from the hospital.

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