Bail was set for a college freshman at SUNY Westchester Community College accused in a stabbing during a melee on campus that left two people injured.
Darryl Crawford, 18, of Yonkers was arraigned Thursday, Sept. 17, in Greenburgh Town Court on a felony charge of first-degree assault.
The criminal complaint accused him of pulling out a knife during the melee outside the student center at about 12:40 p.m. Wednesday. His 17-year-old female co-defendant is accused of using the knife to stab the victims, an 18-year-old who suffered a collapsed lung while Crawford was tussling with him and a 19-year-old who was cut in the face.
She is due Thursday in the youth part of Westchester
criminal court.
Crawford, a freshman who graduated Roosevelt High School in June, wore a heavy bandage on his right hand and wrist.
His lawyer, Richard Ferrante, asked Greenburgh Judge Amy Foote to release Crawford without bail and just electronic home monitoring, citing his client's clean record, lifelong residency in Yonkers and the support of his mother, grandmother and aunt in court.
He also suggested that the two men who were stabbed may have been the instigators in the attack.
But Assistant District Attorney Isabella Oppedisano sought either remand or high bail of $250,000 cash, $500,00 bond or $1 million bond secured by $100,000 cash.
She called it a "very, very severe case" and pointed out that Crawford faces a mandatory prison term - of between five and 25 years - if convicted of the felony charge.
She said the 18-year-old victim remains in critical condition.
Foote set bail at $25,000 cash, $50,000 bond and $100,000 bond secured by $10,000 cash. She ordered ankle monitoring and a 9 pm curfew if Crawford makes bail.
He is due back in Town Court on Oct. 2.
This article originally appeared on Rockland/Westchester Journal News: Westchester Community College stabbing suspect arraigned, bail set
