Undocumented alien charged with knife attack

BREWSTER – A 17-year-old Brewster teen, who was arrested on criminal mischief charges stemming from him breaking a front window of a Main Street, Brewster store in January, has been charged with a stabbing in Brewster in July 2007.

Putnam County Sheriff Donald Smith said Marcos Antonio-Guerra, who is an undocumented alien from Mexico, is responsible for the stabbing and beating of a 53-year-old Brewster man on Marvin Avenue last summer. During the attack, the victim was stabbed in the neck with a sheetrock knife and violently kicked in the face sustained fractures to his nose, sinus and jaw. He was rushed to Putnam Hospital Center in Carmel and transferred to Westchester Medical Center, where he underwent surgery.

As a result of the investigation, Antonio-Guerra was charged with first-degree assault and remanded to the Putnam County Jail in lieu of $50,000 bail.

He was reported to the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement for follow up action with the federal agency lodging a detainer against him, where he will face deportation proceedings when released from a correctional facility.

If convicted of the assault, he could face up to 25 years in state prison.