SYRACUSE -- The Syracuse Police Department has charged 25-year-old Allen Rowe, of 314 Hawley Avenue in Syracuse, with assault in the first degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree.
The arrest was made in connection with a cutting that happened on Sunday night at around 7:00 outside of 505 Catherine Street in the city.
The victim, 41-year-old Reginald Blackshear of Syracuse, was allegedly attacked by Rowe and cut on the left side of his face. The weapon was possibly a razor.
Police say that there was an ongoing dispute between the two men.
Blackshear was sent to Upstate University Hospital and was treated for non-life threatening injuries to his face.
Rowe will be arraigned in Syracuse City Court on Monday.
