Crime & Safety

UPDATE: Two Arrested in Night Club Stabbing

Police responded to Tabu Nightclub on Hempstead Turnpike early Sunday morning after a violent altercation in the parking lot.

Update (June 4, 2:40 a.m.)

Two Bronx men were arrested after multiple assaults and a stabbing outside of the Nightclub earlier Sunday morning in West Hempstead.

According to Nassau County detectives, Francis Anesky, 20, and Mark Morgan, 21, of the Bronx, were involved in an altercation in the parking lot of Tabu, located at 514 Hempstead Turnpike, on Sunday around 4:25 a.m.

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During the altercation, Morgan allegedly repeatedly stabbed three victims, a 25-year-old male and two 26-year-old males, police said. Anesky also allegedly punched the 25-year-old male victim in the face, causing him to sustain several broken front teeth.

The 25-year-old male victim went to a local area hospital for treatment of his injuries and was later released, police said. The two 26-year-old male victims were transported by police ambulance to a local area hospital for treatment of serious stab wounds and were admitted.

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Anesky and Morgan were arrested in Elmont Sunday night around 7 p.m.

Anesky is being charged with assault in the third degree and making a punishable false written statement. Morgan is being charged with three counts of assault in the first degree.

Both defendants will be arraigned at First District Court in Hempstead on Monday.


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