Suffolk County Police First Squad detectives are investigating after a man stabbed two people and crashed a stolen vehicle in Lindenhurst.
James Domanico was involved in a dispute with his roommate Latoya Rolle when he stabbed her multiple times outside of 730 West Montauk Highway in Lindenhurst at approximately 1:20 p.m. on Thursday. The two got into a 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee owned and driven by an acquaintance, Arielle Itzkowitz, and drove to Miramar Boulevard where Domanico stabbed another occupant of the vehicle, Joseph Zuck.
On Miramar Boulevard, Domanico took the vehicle and fled the scene in the Jeep. Approximately 15 minutes later, Domanico crashed the vehicle into a tree on Albert Street in Lindenhurst. He then fled in the vehicle. The Jeep was found abandoned in the northbound left lane of New York State Route 231, near Hale Road, at 1:50 p.m. Domenico was transported by another acquaintance to an area hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries sustained in the crash.
Both Rolle, 36, and Zuck, 37, were transported to an area hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries. Itzkowitz was not injured. Domanico was released from the hospital on Thursday.
Domanico, 36, of West Santa Barbara Road, Copiague, was charged with two counts of Assault 2nd Degree, two counts of Criminal Possession of a Weapon 3rd Degree, and one count of Grand Larceny 3rd Degree. He is being held overnight at the Third Precinct and was arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on August 11.
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