Crime & Safety
Saturday Morning Stabbing Outside Local Smithtown Pub
Smithtown man arrested for stabbing three bar patrons.
Kurt Meyer Jr., of Smithtown, was arrested today for stabbing three men outside of Eagle's Pub on Smithtown Bypass at 3:13 a.m. Saturday morning.
"Apparently he had been creating a problem in the bar earlier and was asked to leave," said Lieutenant Fitzpatrick of the Suffolk County Police Fourth Precinct.
Meyer stabbed the three men with a pocket knife in the arms and legs following a confrontation outside of the pub, according to Lt. Fitzpatrick. Meyer fled and police officers located and arrested him several blocks from the bar.
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The victims were transported to Stony Brook University hospital where they received stitches for their wounds and were released.
The owners of the bar declined to comment but said that the incident did not occur inside of the bar.
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Meyer was charged with three counts of Assault - 2nd Degree. He will be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on Aug. 22.
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