Man stabs security guard at N.J. Halloween event, authorities say

A man was arrested after allegedly stabbing a security guard at a Halloween event over the weekend, authorities announced Monday.

The guard at the Hilton Hotel Parsippany event on Sunday intervened in an altercation between attendees, and was allegedly stabbed with a knife, Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll, Chief of Detectives Christoph K. Kimker, and Parsippany-Troy Hills Township Acting Police Chief Richard Pantina announced in a joint release.

David C. Knestick, 47, of Norwalk, Connecticut, was arrested on aggravated assault and related weapons charges, officials said. He was being held pending a court appearance.