A New York man has been sentenced to more than a decade behind bars for a violent knife attack on the mother of his children, a crime prosecutors say unfolded in front of young family members and left lasting trauma. Albaro Chacon, 38, was sentenced Monday to 15 to 17 years in prison after a jury convicted him on November 19, 2025.
According to a press release from the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office, Chacon was found guilty of attempted assault, assault, tampering with evidence, and three counts of endangering the welfare of a child. The charges stem from a November 2024 attack inside the home Chacon shared with the victim in Brentwood.
Prosecutors said the woman, whose name was not released, woke up in her bedroom to find Chacon standing over her holding a knife. “You are going to die here,” Chacon told her, according to court records cited by the district attorney. The victim fought back as best she could, sustaining stab wounds to her arms while trying to push the knife away from her chest.
At the time, her then-2-year-old niece was also asleep in the room. Prosecutors said the woman attempted to shield the child while defending herself. She eventually managed to escape the bedroom and ran outside to get help, flagging down a passing motorist who called 911. As she fled the house, she noticed the two children she shared with Chacon, a 6-year-old son and a 5-year-old daughter, sitting in a car outside.
Investigators believe Chacon placed the children in the vehicle before launching the attack. Chacon chased after the woman, prompting the couple’s young son to get out of the car and beg his father to stop hurting his mother. Chacon then retreated back inside the house. While the victim waited for police to arrive, prosecutors said Chacon attempted to clean up evidence of the attack.
When the woman later reentered the home to escape him again, she noticed the house “smelled of bleach,” and the bed sheets from where she had been stabbed were missing. Police soon arrived at the scene and arrested Chacon. The victim was transported to a nearby hospital for treatment of her injuries.
At sentencing, the judge cited the violence of the attack and the presence of children as aggravating factors. Chacon will serve between 15 and 17 years in state prison, bringing a close to a case prosecutors described as a chilling example of domestic violence escalating into near-fatal harm.
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