" ...the two men were engaged in an argument, although no additional information about the assault was available.

Following the attack, Port Authority police circulated a photo of Stadford taken from a PATH surveillance camera. A New Jersey Transit police officer recognized the man, having issued him a summons before, and alert Port Authority police that he had encountered him at Newark Penn Station, Pentangelo said.

Port Authority officers found Stadford in the Newark transportation hub at 8:20 a.m. wearing the same attire he wore during the assault and arrested him without incidence, Pentangelo said, adding that the man has an open warrant out of Paterson for trespassing.

Meanwhile, the aforementioned NJ Transit summons was for theft of services..."

By Patrick Villanova | The Jersey Journal
on March 04, 2015 at 12:42 PM, updated March 04, 2015 at 12:52 PM

A Passaic County man has been charged with stabbing a 38-year-old man on a PATH train during Tuesday night's rush hour in Manhattan, Port Authority police announced.

Michael Stadford, 42, of Paterson was arrested yesterday morning after Port Authority police officers picked him up at Newark Penn Station, Port Authority Police Department spokesman Joe Pentangelo said.

Stadford was wanted for the non-fatal stabbing of a man aboard a PATH train traveling between 33rd and 23rd streets at around 5:40 p.m. The victim, who was stabbed in the chest, is in stable condition at Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan, Pentangelo said.

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