Assault Investigation Leaders to Arrest of Walton Man

WALTON — Sheriff Craig S. DuMond announced that an investigation into an assault, resulted in the arrest of a Walton resident.  

On Wednesday, December 10th, 2025, Delaware County Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to a report of an assault that had occurred in the Village of Walton. The investigation into the reported assault revealed that 41-year-old Joseph Jimenez, of Walton, New York, engaged in a physical domestic with a tenant of the household in which Jimenez allegedly produced a bladed weapon, stabbing the victim multiple times.  

Delaware County Sheriff’s Deputies located and arrested Jimenez and charged him with one count of Assault in the 1st Degree, a class B felony, Menacing in the 2nd Degree, a class A misdemeanor, and Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the 4th Degree, a class A misdemeanor. 

Upon completion of arrest processing, Jimenez was transported to the Delaware County Correctional Facility where he was held pending his arraignment at CAP Court.