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Police investigating stabbing at motel in Town of Plattsburgh

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State Police in Plattsburgh are investigating a stabbing incident between two men at a motel north of Plattsburgh.

On Sunday evening state troopers say they responded to a reported stabbing at the Beacon Motel in the Town of Plattsburgh.

Police found an unidentified 22-year-old man with cuts on his forearm and chest. He had been involved in an altercation with 28-year-old Ryan Phaneuf, who wielded a knife during the fight.

Phaneuf was arrested and charged with assault and criminal possession of a weapon. He was arraigned and is being held at the Clinton County jail.

It was the second stabbing over the weekend in the town of Plattsburgh.

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