Steve Lieberman

slieberm@lohud.com

SPRING VALLEY - A 31-year-old village man faces an attempted-murder charge for allegedly stabbing another man multiple times in his chest and neck Monday on Church Street, police said.

Eddy Perez-Zenteno was arrested Monday night and is being held on $100,000 bail in the Rockland County jail.

The stabbing occurred at 5:43 a.m. at a 3 E. Church St. house where the 25-year-old victim was found with multiple stab wounds, police said.

The victim remained in Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern on Tuesday, after being treated at the scene by Rockland Paramedic Services and EMTs with the Spring Hill Ambulance Corps.

Police charged Perez-Zenteno about 8 p.m., following an investigation assisted by the county sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Investigation.

Spring Valley Detective Robert Bookstein declined to comment on any possible motive behind the stabbing or the circumstances under which the suspect and victim came together. Police said the victim identifies as transgender, but would not say whether they believe that was relevant to the case.

Perez-Zenteno, who lives at 52 S. Madison Ave., faces felony counts of second-degree attempted murder and first-degree assault, police said. He was arraigned Tuesday before Village Justice David Fried.

The stabbing comes three weeks after police charged a 16-year-old boy with beating another teenager to death in a robbery on Myrtle Avenue.

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