Rockland man guilty of attempted murder

NEW CITY – A Rockland County Court jury Thursday found a Nanuet man guilty of attempted murder in the second degree and other charges in connection with an April 17, 2007 incident.

Russell Trojan, 51, was convicted for attacking and stabbing a code enforcement officer repeatedly. The officer from the Town of Clarkstown was outside Trojan’s residence conducting an investigation on the afternoon of the incident when Trojan approached the officer from the side and began stabbing him with a knife. Trojan kept stabbing the officer until a neighbor interceded and subdued him. That neighbor held Trojan until the police arrived.

The code enforcement officer was taken to a local hospital where he was admitted for one week with wounds to his hand, arm and chest.

Trojan is in the Rockland County Jail pending sentencing.