Man with Stab Wounds to Head Said Poor Music Taste to Blame

Authorities responding to an assault at an apartment in the first block Hanover St. early Sunday morning discovered a trail of blood in the stairwell leading to a man sitting at a kitchen table in a second floor apartment in the building holding paper towels to his head, police said Monday morning.

According to authorities, the 29-year-old victim said an acquaintance he'd met on the soccer field through a mutual friend had been hanging out with he and the mutual friend after playing soccer earlier in the evening.

The victim was sporting a "deep laceration" to the left side of his forehead and a smaller cut to the rear of his head, according to police.

Police also said there was a large amount of blood throughout the apartment, including in the bedroom and in kitchen, where the knives had been splattered with blood after the victim allegedly grabbed a knife in case the suspect returned before police arrived.

Police stated the victim informed them that the suspect, identified as Martin Valey-Cruz, 24, of the first block of Lafayette St., had allegedly disliked the victim's taste in music as they were hanging out and became increasingly angrier over it.

According to police, the victim tried to calm the suspect down, but the suspect allegedly stated "I've killed men before, and I'm not afraid to do it again," before producing a weapon and lunging over the kitchen table.

Police said they went to the suspect's house and found the man face down on his front porch, covered in blood, with a box cutter next to him with a bloody handle.

Valey-Cruz was arrested and charged with first-degree assault, interfering with an officer/resisting and carrying a dangerous weapon.