Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced on Friday, July 14, that a Queens man has been charged with attempted murder and other charges for stabbing his ex-girlfriend and their 9-year-old daughter, as well as assaulting their 14-year-old daughter when the girls came to their mother’s aid, after a graduation celebration. The woman’s 6-year-old son watched as the defendant knifed his mother in the head.

In the context of the announcement, Clark said, “The defendant allegedly went to the Bronx home of his ex-girlfriend, with whom he shares three daughters, and allegedly stabbed her. Two of his daughters tried to stop him and he allegedly struck one of them in the face and stabbed the other in her leg.” She added, “When the victim’s six-year-old son came home, the defendant allegedly threatened everyone and continued to attack the mother. We will get justice for this family and help the children through their traumatization.”

Clark said the defendant, Terrence Colson, 38, of Queens, NY, was arraigned on Friday on attempted murder in the second degree, attempted assault in the first and second degree, three counts of second-degree assault, three counts of third-degree assault, three counts of second-degree menacing, two counts of fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon, three counts of second-degree aggravated harassment, four counts of endangering the welfare of a child, and attempted criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circulation before Bronx Supreme Court Justice Connie Morales.

Bail was set at $150,000 cash, $350,000 bond, and $350,000 partially secured bond. The defendant is due back in court on July 28, 2023.

According to the investigation, on June 26, 2023, at around 6 p.m., Colson was at the Westchester Avenue apartment of Amelia Holmes, after celebrating the graduation of her son. He allegedly cut Holmes in the chest with a kitchen knife. When two of their daughters, ages 14 and 9, attempted to stop him from stabbing their mother, Colson allegedly struck the 14-year-old in the face with the knife handle and punched her in the face, leaving her with a bruised eye and bleeding lip.

Colson later allegedly stabbed the 9-year-old in her right leg, leaving her with a laceration that required seven stitches. He then allegedly slashed Holmes’ hands, each requiring multiple stitches, and punched her about the body. When the victim’s eldest daughter and 6-year-old son arrived at the home, Colson pulled the boy into the home and slammed the door. The boy then watched as the defendant allegedly stabbed Holmes in the back of her head, leaving her with a laceration that required five staples to close.

The case is being prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Sharlene Disla of the Domestic Violence Bureau, under the supervision of Simon Folkard, deputy bureau chief of the Domestic Violence Bureau, Agata DiGiovanni, chief of the Domestic Violence Bureau, and under the overall supervision of Adrienne Giunta, deputy chief of Special Victims Division, and Joseph Muroff, chief of the Special Victims Division.

Clark thanked Assistant District Attorney John Longo of Trial Bureau 30, Assistant District Attorney Devin Horzempa of Trial Bureau 60, and Crime Victims Assistance Bureau Advocate Andreina Baez, NYPD Detectives Tomor Berisha and William Sanchez of the 43rd Precinct Detective Squad for their work in the investigation.

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