WPCNR POLICE GAZETTE. By John F. Bailey. September 5, 2005. UPDATED 12:20 P.M. E.D.T. UPDATED 2:00 A.M. E.D.T. September 7,2005: Inspector Daniel Jackson, spokesman for the White Plains Department of Public Safety confirmed to WPCNR that a serious assault took place Sunday evening at the Winbrook Housing Project on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in the park centered in the middle of the Winbrook complex. Jackson said the assault took place following a picnic held Sunday evening.
Inspector Jackson, in a statement to WPCNR Tuesday has provided more details of the incident. Inspector Jackson's statement:
There were two people injured in the fight at 33 Fisher Ave. 1 female with minor injuries and 1 male whom was seriously injured. He was taken to the Westchester Medical Center where he underwent Emergency Surgery.
His status as of this morning was stable but serious condition. The investigation is continuing.
As of now, four people have been arrested for participation in the assault and charged with Gang Assault 1st Degree a B-Felony. Lamont Person of Chatterton Ave. Tammel Esco, Shamel Esco, and Dennis Paige all from Dekalb Ave.
More arrests are expected.
Tuesday afternoon, Inspector Jackson provided more details to WPCNR of the circumstances. The Inspector said the incident was called in at midnight Sunday from the Winbrook complex and that it originally started as an altercation between two females, and then the males joined in.
Jackson said the victim was stabbed and struck with a chair and weapons such as a knife and a box cutter were involved in the assault.
When asked in the persons involved had been drinking, Jackson said the Police Report did not indicate that. Asked if the suspects arrested had been given sobriety tests, Jackson said they had not. He said the investigation was continuing and more arrests were expected.
