Cops: Love triangle leads to stabbing in Stapleton

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - A Brooklyn man stuck a kitchen knife into the neck of a romantic rival over the weekend, police allege.

Police say Michael Carson, 26, had gotten into an argument with another man over a woman on Saturday morning, and visited him at his Hill Street home in Stapleton.

The visit was supposed to be to "discuss" the matter, a law enforcement source said, but it turned violent, and Carson stabbed the man in the abdomen, arm and neck.

He was rushed to Richmond University Medical Center, where doctors were able to remove the knife from his neck, police said.

Carson was arrested Saturday and charged with first-degree assault and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon, said Peter N. Spencer, a spokesman for District Attorney Daniel Donovan.

He was arraigned in Stapleton Criminal Court, and as of last night, he was being held on Rikers Island on $5,000 bail or $10,000 bond.