By JOHN ANDERSON
When Adam Morehouse, 20, of Wellsville showed up at the Jones Memorial Hospital Emergency Room early Christmas Eve, he was wounded from a stabbing that took place in the McDonalds parking lot of the Wellsville Shopping Center.
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Wellsville Village Police were assisted by the New York State Police in the investigation, and Wellsville Village Police obtained a warrant for the arrest of Haley M. Button, 23, of Little Genesee.
On Tuesday, village police announced they had arrested Button, charging her with second-degree attempted murder, a Class A felony, first-degree assault, a Class B felony and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon for allegedly stabbing Morehouse on Christmas Eve.
Police said they were able to charge Button after the troopers picked her up at a traffic stop.
Amity-based State Police have released details of the traffic stop.
Troopers said on Tuesday, Dec. 28 at 10:43 p.m., they pulled over a vehicle driven by Kenneth L. Conners, 28, of Dallas, TX, in Angelica.
Button was the passenger, troopers said. Troopers charged Button with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance
Connors was issued tickets for seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and driving while intoxicated.
Button was arraigned in Wellsville Village Court in front of Justice Brad Thompson and sent to the Allegany County Jail on $50,000 cash bail, a $100,000 property bond or a $200,000 partially secured bond. Button will answer the charges on Jan. 4 at 4:30 p.m.
After two days in the Strong Memorial Hospital intensive care unit, Morehouse is now in a recovery room in stable condition.
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