Suffolk County police search for 3 suspects in Patchogue stabbing
Three men beat and stabbed a victim outside James Joyce Irish Pub in Patchogue, and Suffolk County police are asking for help naming the suspects.
Suffolk County police were searching for three suspects in a stabbing that left a man hospitalized after a fight outside James Joyce Irish Pub in Patchogue. The assault happened around 2 a.m. on May 23 in front of 49 South Ocean Ave., a spot that sits in the heart of the village’s late-night bar scene.
Investigators said three men struck the victim before one of them stabbed him. The man was taken to a local hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. Police have not said what led to the confrontation or whether the attack was targeted or random.
Suffolk County Crime Stoppers is helping police identify the suspects. The case has raised fresh concern on South Ocean Avenue, where nightlife draws steady foot traffic and where a violent confrontation can spill into a crowded public corridor in seconds. Residents and business owners in Patchogue have seen that pattern before: a public setting, multiple attackers, and a fast-moving investigation that depends on witnesses and surveillance.
The Patchogue case also follows other serious stabbings that have put the village in the spotlight in recent years. On June 21, 2018, police investigated a robbery stabbing at the Coastal gas station on West Main Street and searched for three suspects in that case. In another Patchogue incident on April 12, 2021, Jonathan Nunez, 25, of Centereach, was accused of stabbing a Suffolk County police officer during an attempted traffic stop.
In that 2021 case, the officer underwent emergency surgery for a ruptured artery and was listed in critical condition. Taken together, the episodes have underscored how quickly violence in Patchogue can move from a bar district or roadside stop into a major police emergency.
Police have not released the names of the men sought in the May 23 assault. Anyone with information can contact Suffolk County Crime Stoppers as investigators continue trying to identify the three suspects and piece together what happened outside the Irish pub.
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