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Queens Man Charged After Stabbings in Dog-Lawn Dispute Caught on Video

Security footage now drives the NYPD case in a block long known as quiet.

Overview

  • Police say a dispute over a French bulldog urinating on a lawn erupted into a brawl Thursday around 11 a.m. on 229th Street in Laurelton.
  • Surveillance video shows neighbors urinating on the dog owners’ grass before a fight in which a knife was pulled.
  • A 39-year-old man, a 39-year-old woman, and a 62-year-old man were stabbed and taken to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center in stable condition.
  • Hakeem Alexander, 34, was arrested and charged with three counts of assault after officers recovered a knife at the scene.
  • Neighbors voiced shock at violence on the middle-class block, citing past friction over loose or unruly dogs.