Nanuet man sentenced to 25 years in stabbing
A Clarkstown code enforcement official was brutally stabbed in April of 2007 while photographing disused cars parked on the lawn of the Trojan household on Jerry’s Ave in Nanuet. Russel Trojan, the attacker, was convicted of second degree attempted murder and sentenced to 25 years in state prison. According to the Journal News, Trojan, 51, was a former Nanuet Civic Association activist. It is unclear what his motive in the attack was, or what the circumstances leading up to the attack were. Supreme Court Justice Catherine Bartlett sentenced Trojan to the maximum allowed by law.
Tags: attempted murder, code enforcement, Nanuet, russel trojan, stabbing, town code