NYACK NY Nov 1 2017 – A Spring Valley man has been accused of trying to stab someone with a sharpened toothbrush at Nyack Hospital on Saturday.

Orangetown police said they arrested Wilson Jean-Baptiste at 3:54 p.m. and charged him with attempted second-degree assault, a felony, and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon, a misdemeanor.

Jean-Baptiste, 34, got into an argument with someone at the hospital, police said, and he pulled out a plastic toothbrush that had been sharpened to a point. Police said he tried to stab the person numerous times but the hospital security staff disarmed Jean-Baptiste before he could cause any serious injury.

Jean-Baptiste was arraigned in Nyack Village Court and is being held at the Rockland County jail.

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