Union County man charged in alleged stabbing attack

A Union County man has been charged in an alleged stabbing attack in Buffalo Township, where state police said Robert Kitchens, 67, stabbed Terry Day Jr., 39, in the chest and arm during an argument along Buffalo Road.

Both Kitchens and Day were hospitalized after the stabbing, which pushed the case from an emergency response into the county’s criminal justice system. The charge means investigators believed there was enough evidence to formally move ahead with prosecution in a case that drew immediate concern because it involved a weapon, injuries in two places on the body, and a confrontation on a named township road.

The Buffalo Township address matters because residents know Buffalo Road as an everyday route through the Lewisburg area, not a place associated with isolated violence. In a county the size of Union County, a stabbing on a local roadway can quickly raise questions about what happened before police arrived, whether others witnessed the argument, and how serious the injuries were when emergency crews took over.

FOX56 previously described a separate Buffalo Township stabbing case as stemming from a heat-bill dispute and said that matter was handled as attempted homicide. That kind of charge level shows how quickly a stabbing allegation in the county can escalate when prosecutors believe the evidence supports a violent felony. Union County has also seen stabbing cases reach the highest levels of criminal court, including a 2016 Lewisburg-area killing in which a Steelton man was later found guilty of third-degree murder, according to PennLive.

For local readers, the key facts now are straightforward: a named suspect, a named victim, a specific place on Buffalo Road, and hospital treatment for both men. What the court case will test next is the evidence behind the argument, the nature of the injuries, and whether prosecutors can prove the stabbing charge beyond a reasonable doubt.