OAKS, PA — A New York man was sentenced Thursday in Montgomery County Court to six to 20 years in state prison for slashing a 14-year-old in the neck with a box cutter at a youth basketball tournament at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in the Oaks section of Upper Providence Township.
Stanley Cruz Sr., of the Bronx, was convicted by a jury in February of stabbing 14-year-old Yusri Razzaq in the neck soon after watching his son, Stanley Cruz Jr., fighting with Razzaq at as youth basketball tournament in May 2021.
The victim got 26 stitches on his neck and three on his face, according to police.
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Judge Risa Vetri Ferman also ordered Cruz to complete 250 hours of community service and participate in an anger management counseling program.
Assistant District Attorney Kelli McGinnis asked for a sentence of eight years in state prison.
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Cruz’s lawyer, Brad Shuttleworth of Philadelphia, asked for a sentence of three to six years.
According to Upper Providence police:
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