A man was stabbed in the thigh during a dispute on East Green Street in Ithaca on Wednesday afternoon, and a city resident was arrested on a felony assault charge, according to the Ithaca Police Department.
Police patrol officers and investigators, the Ithaca Fire Department and Bangs Ambulance responded to the 100 block of East Green Street around 3:55 p.m. for a reported physical dispute involving a knife.
Officers found the victim with a knife wound to his thigh and the suspect, John-Paul Cisneros, 40, of Ithaca, who had been pepper-sprayed by the victim, police said.
Investigators said Cisneros threatened to stab the victim and displayed a knife before the victim pepper-sprayed him.
Cisneros then tackled the victim and stabbed him in the thigh, according to police.
The victim suffered a moderate laceration that was not life-threatening and was being treated at a regional medical facility, police said.
Cisneros was charged with second-degree assault, a class D felony, and second-degree menacing and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon, both class A misdemeanors.
He was arraigned before Judge Jackson in Centralized Arraignment Part Court and sent to the Tompkins County Jail on $10,000 cash bail or a $20,000 bond, according to the release.
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