Drug deal gone bad in Palenville ends in a stabbing -- and three arrests

Three Ulster County residents were arrested after the stabbing of a Palenville man on Tuesday, an assault police say occurred after an argument over a drug sale.

Around 11:30pm on Tuesday night, according to a New York State Police press release, a 23-year-old Palenville man was involved in an altercation over a drug sale with three people: 31-year-old Jason A. King of Modena, 19-year-old Alyssa Berinato of West Camp, and 19-year-old James Guiditta of Saugerties.

During the fight, police say, King, Berinato and Guiditta forcibly stole drugs from the man, and King stabbed him several times.

The Palenville man, who police did not name, was transported by friends to Kingston Hospital and does not have life-threatening injuries.

King faces charges of first-degree robbery, a class B felony; second-degree robbery, a class C felony; second-degree assault, a class D felony; and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon, a class A misdemeanor. He was arraigned before Town of Catskill Justice William Wootton, and remanded to the Greene County Jail in lieu of $50,000 cash bail or $100,000 bond.

Berinato and Guiditta face charges of robbery in the second degree. They were arraigned before Town of Catskill Justice William Wootton and remanded to the Greene County Jail in lieu of $25,000 cash bail or $50,000 bond.

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