'Violent Attack': Patchogue Man Accused Of Brutally Stabbing Ex-Girlfriend's Son Multiple Times: SCDA

PATCHOGUE, NY — A Patchogue man was indicted after he was accused of stabbing his ex-girlfriend's 22-year-old son multiple times in the head, neck, and shoulder, the Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney announced on Friday.

After an investigation, it was determined that on April 17, Robert Schreiber's long-term girlfriend ended their relationship and locked him out of her Patchogue home, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office said.

Schreiber, 42, was accused of entering the home through an unlocked window the following morning at approximately 8 a.m. – while everyone was asleep, the SCDA's office said. Schreiber went to the 22-year-old son's room, kicked in the door, and stabbed him seven times, the SCDA's office said. The 22-year-old's family members intervened and called 911, which allowed him to escape, the SCDA's office said.

According to the SCDA's office, officers arrived and located the son, who was taken in an ambulance to NYU Langone Hospital – he received numerous staples to close his stab wounds.

Officers arrested Schreiber at the scene, and he was accused of being found in possession of the knife that was used in the stabbing, the SCDA's office said.

According to the SCDA's office, on Thursday, Schreiber was arraigned on the indictment before Supreme Court Justice John B. Collins, after the following charges:

• Second-degree attempted murder (a class B violent felony)
• First-degree burglary (a class B violent felony)
• First-degree attempted assault (a class C violent felony)
• Second-degree assault (a class D violent felony)
• Fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon (a class A misdemeanor)
• Endangering the welfare of a child (a class A misdemeanor)
• Second-degree harassment (a violation).

Schreiber was held on $100,000 cash, $1,000,000 bond, or $1,000,000 partially secured bond during the pendency of the case, the SCDA's office said.

He is due back in court on May 28 and faces up to 25 years in prison if he is convicted of the top count, the SCDA's office said.

"This was a violent attack on a young man in his own home," DA Tierney said. "Domestic violence does not always end when a relationship does; it often escalates."

Schreiber is represented by Ira Weissman, Esq and this case is being prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Johanna Poremba of the Child Abuse and Domestic Violence Bureau, and the investigation was conducted by Detective Eric Cox of the Suffolk County Police Department’s Fifth Squad, the SCDA's office said.