Woman stabbed on Upper East Side, suspect also accused in hammer attack

UPPER EAST SIDE (WABC) -- Police said a stabbing on the Upper East Side of Manhattan Monday afternoon is connected to a hammer and ax attack on two Con Edison workers.

Terry Trevial, 40, is accused of stabbing his ex-girlfriend seven times inside a building on East 64th Street near Lexington Avenue around 2:30 p.m. Monday.

Trevial is a 15-year Con Edison veteran who works as a commercial service representative to large buildings. Officials said that he stabbed his ex-girlfriend, then returned to work and using a hammer and an axe to attack two supervisors on the 10th floor of Con Edison headquarters at 4 Irving Place.

One employee was undergoing surgery Tuesday for cuts and lacerations to his cheekbone. The other was treated and released from the hospital last night.

The ex-girlfriend was alert and conscious but looked badly shaken before being transported to the hospital. Paramedics stabilized her on scene before she was rushed to New York Presbyterian Hospital, where she is listed in serious but stable condition.

She was stabbed at least seven times in the abdomen and lower back in the stairwell of the building, which houses the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation and the Jewish Foundation for Education of Women, according to plaques on the door. Neither organization has commented.

The victim had just finished lunch and was returning to work when she was attacked. The former couple has a child together.

Trevial is charged with three counts of attempted murder, six counts of assault, and four counts of criminal possession of a weapon.