A Warren man has been taken to the Warren County Prison on $500,000 bail after allegedly stabbing another person in the neck during a dispute early Tuesday morning.

Nathan A. Steinman, 18, of Warren has been charged with first-degree felony criminal attempt – criminal homicide, first-degree felony aggravated assault – attempts to cause serious bodily injury or causes injury with extreme indifference, second-degree felony aggravated assault – attempts to cause or causes bodily injury with a deadly weapon and second-degree misdemeanor recklessly endangering another person. Steinman was arraigned this morning by Magisterial District Court Judge Raymond Zydonik, who set bail at $500,000 cash. A preliminary hearing will be held at 1 p.m. May 27 in Zydonik’s court.

According to the Affidavit of Probable Cause, Warren police responded to 407 Taft Place for a report of a stabbing to a person’s neck with serious bleeding. Officers found a person in the living room of the home bleeding from his chin and neck. The man was treated by EMS and taken to Warren General Hospital for treatment. Officers saw a cut to the right side of the man’s chin, two cuts on the central area of his neck under his jaw and a cut on the right side near the person’s collarbone.

Police interviewed a witness and Steinman’s mother, who both said there had been a verbal fight between the two when the mother saw Steinman allegedly grab a knife and stab the other man. Steinman’s mother intervened, according to the police report, and Steinman allegedly tried to stab the man again.

“During an interview with the defendant and after he was read his Miranda warnings, he did admit to being in a verbal altercation with the victim, getting a knife from the kitchen, approaching the victim and then using the knife to stab him where he did not care if he lived or died,” the affidavit states.