NORWICH – A Norwich man who allegedly stabbed another man with a knife during a fight, appeared in Norwich City Court on Thursday, and was remanded to the Chenango County Correctional Facility on $50,000 cash bail.

Police said the stabbing occurred in the early morning hours Thursday, following an argument.

Matthew J. Neer, 36, of Norwich was charged with first-degree assault, a class B felony, tampering with physical evidence, a class E felony, and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon, a class A misdemeanor over the incident.

According to the Norwich Police Department (NPD), at 1:58 a.m. on Thursday morning, the police department received notification from the Chenango County Sheriff’s Office 911 Center that an individual had walked into the Emergency Room of Chenango Memorial Hospital reporting he had been stabbed.

“Through the investigation, it was learned that the victim and Neer were acquaintances and they had been involved in an argument while on Mechanic Street near South State Street,” said Norwich Police Chief Rodney Marsh.

“At some point, the argument turned into a physical confrontation between the two and that was when the victim was stabbed,” said Marsh.