A Lengthy Island driver slashed one other motorist with a boxcutter and bit his fingers in a wild, street rage-fueled burst of violence Tuesday, cops stated.
Jayson Heitner, 26, was behind the wheel of a Jeep round 3:40 p.m. when he struck a 2017 Mercedes Sprinter van heading north on West Neck Street close to Outdated Hickory Lane in Huntington, Suffolk County Police stated.
Heitner flew right into a rage and approached the 60-year-old Sprinter driver with a boxcutter in hand, resulting in a bodily struggle, cops stated.
He then slashed the older man throughout his face and physique, and bit a number of of his fingers throughout the brawl, authorities stated.
The sufferer was taken to an area hospital, the place he required instant medical consideration, together with a number of stitches to shut his wounds, in accordance with the legal grievance.
Heitner was arrested and charged with second-degree assault, a felony, the court docket doc stated.
He pleaded not responsible throughout his Wednesday arraignment in First District Courtroom and was ordered held on $75,000 bail, $150,000 bond or $750,000 partially secured bond.
He’s due again in court docket on Monday.
Heitner’s legal professional, Chase Brown, claimed the motive force of the much-larger Sprinter hit his shopper’s Jeep Grand Cherokee first – and that that his shopper was defending himself from the motorist, who admitted in court docket that he was holding a knife.
“He had a knife in his hand when my shopper went as much as the automobile to ensure he was OK,” Brown informed The Submit by telephone. “He’s the one who began it. We stay up for exonerating my shopper. There’s a transparent self-defense declare.”
Heitner is at school to turn out to be a doctor’s assistant and he’s now working as a paramedic, Brown stated.
