Cops nab knife-wielding Bronx murder suspect
BY THOMAS TRACY
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Thursday, January 1, 2015, 3:53 PM
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Charles Stevens is facing murder charges for stabbing an elderly neighbor to death.
Cops have arrested the 52-year-old man accused of stabbing an elderly neighbor to death in a Bronx shelter, officials said.
Charles Stevens was taken into custody early Thursday and now faces murder, manslaughter, felony assault, and weapons possession charges, police said.
His arraignment was pending Thursday night. It was not immediately what led to Stevens’ arrest.
Stevens fatally plunged a knife into James Hardy, 69, inside a fourth-floor hallway at a facility on Davidson Ave. in Morris Heights at about 5:15 p.m. Tuesday, police said.
The day before the killing, Stevens was in a Bronx court on charges alleging he attacked a 79-year-old neighbor in the same facility on Dec. 24, sources said. He was armed with a sword encased in a wooden sheath at the time, police said.
The victim suffered minor injuries to his face and knee, sources said.
Bronx Criminal Court Judge Marc Whiten released Stevens on his own recognizance in that case when he couldn’t post bail, according to court records.
