Cops: Beer pong game ends in stabbing
![Michael Pelaez, 22, was charged with stabbing a player in...](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.newsday.com%2Fimage-service%2Fversion%2Fc%3AMzM4MTcxNDYtYjQ4NS00%3ANDYtYjQ4NS00N2FiMjIy%2Flibeerho001-crop.jpg%3Ff%3DLandscape%2B16%253A9%26w%3D770%26q%3D1&w=1920&q=80)
Michael Pelaez, 22, was charged with stabbing a player in an early-morning game of beer pong in a Wantagh garage, Nassau police said. (June 3, 2013) Credit: NCPD
An early-morning game of beer pong ended in a Wantagh garage Monday when one of home's occupants stabbed a player, Nassau police said.
An argument broke out just before 4 a.m. during beer pong, a drinking game that requires losers to drink if their opponents successfully toss a ping pong ball into their cups of beer.
Michael Pelaez, who lives at the house, went inside to get a kitchen knife and returned to stab the victim's right hand, police said.
The victim, a 25-year-old man, was treated at a hospital, police said.
Pelaez, 22, of 1921 Merikoke Ave. South, was arrested at the scene and is expected to be arraigned Tuesday on charges of second-degree assault and third-degree criminal possession of a weapon, police said.
![](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.newsday.com%2Fimage-service%2Fversion%2Fc%3AMTg0Njg2M2EtNzI0NS00%3AMGI1ZmNhMzMtYmM4Yy00%2F911-jpg.jpg%3Ff%3DLandscape%2B16%253A9%26w%3D770%26q%3D1&w=1920&q=80)
Remembering 9/11: Where things stand now As we remember those we lost on 9/11, we're looking at the ongoing battle to secure long term protection for first responders and the latest twists and turns in the cases of the accused terrorists.
![](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.newsday.com%2Fimage-service%2Fversion%2Fc%3AMTg0Njg2M2EtNzI0NS00%3AMGI1ZmNhMzMtYmM4Yy00%2F911-jpg.jpg%3Ff%3DLandscape%2B16%253A9%26w%3D770%26q%3D1&w=1920&q=80)
Remembering 9/11: Where things stand now As we remember those we lost on 9/11, we're looking at the ongoing battle to secure long term protection for first responders and the latest twists and turns in the cases of the accused terrorists.