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Saratoga Springs police charged David Cruz Torres with attempted murder after a coworker was cut in the car.
WRGB and WNYT reported that at 8:13 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9, 2026, a car struck Augie's To-Go at Lake Avenue and Forest Avenue in Saratoga Springs. Police identified the passenger as David Cruz Torres, 36, of Michoacán, Mexico, and said he slashed the driver's throat with a knife before she jumped from the moving car. Fox News reported the same charges.
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Attempted murder in the second degree and fourth-degree weapon possession are the counts police announced. They are not a finding that Cruz Torres cut his coworker. WRGB is the station that labels those counts a Class B felony and a Class A misdemeanor. Fox News, WRGB, and WNYT all say he was held for an Oct. 10 arraignment in Saratoga Springs City Court. The woman has not been named.
Fox News published Adam Sabes's account on Monday, Oct. 12, at about 5:08 p.m. Eastern. WRGB and WNYT reported that dispatchers called police and firefighters at 8:13 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 9, 2026, after a vehicle struck Augie's To-Go at Lake Avenue and Forest Avenue in Saratoga Springs. Both stations reported that firefighters found the driver with a serious cut to her neck that did not look like a crash injury. WNYT reported she suffered life-threatening injuries. Fox News, citing Saratoga Springs police, reported officers found a "serious laceration" to her neck that appeared unrelated to the crash into the restaurant, and that the injuries were life-threatening. WRGB and WNYT reported she was taken by ambulance to Saratoga Hospital and later airlifted to Albany Medical Center. Fox News reported she was airlifted to a local hospital and did not name it.
The passenger is David Cruz Torres, 36, of Michoacán, Mexico. Fox News, WRGB, and WNYT reported he tried to leave and officers detained him. All three reported that he and the driver worked together in Saratoga Springs, that he asked her for a ride after their shift, and that police say he attacked her while she was driving, then used a knife on her throat. WRGB and WNYT reported she jumped from the car while it was still moving and yelled for help, and that people nearby came to her. Fox News reported the same jump and the call for help. WRGB and WNYT reported the motive is still unclear. The driver is not named in those stories.
WRGB reported Cruz Torres was charged with attempted murder in the second degree, a Class B felony, and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, a Class A misdemeanor. WNYT reported the same two counts without the class labels. Fox News reported second-degree attempted murder and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon. WRGB, WNYT, and Fox News reported he was being held pending arraignment on Oct. 10 in Saratoga Springs City Court. An arraignment date is the next court step those stories describe. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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