Man faces charges after knife incident

YOUNGSTOWN — A man was arrested on a felonious assault charge Monday after witnesses told police he punched one woman and cut two men with a knife.

Officers were called at about 11:25 p.m. to Lyden Avenue, where they were greeted in the street by Phillip Cox, 44, of Lyden Avenue, who was bleeding from the face with two black eyes.

Lyden told police he was attacked after he called a woman a name. Witnesses, however, told police Cox called the woman a name, then punched her in the face. When two men intervened, Cox swung a knife wildly, cutting one of the men on the cheek and the other on the hands.

One of the men punched Cox to get him to drop the knife, reports said. Officers found the knife nearby and Cox was booked into the Mahoning County jail after he was examined at St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital.