Homeless Man Charged in Upper East Side Stabbing A homeless man was charged on Wednesday with attempted murder in the stabbing of a woman on a crowded Upper East Side sidewalk, the police said. The man was identified by the police as Curtis Forteau, 29. The motive for the attack on Tuesday, which sent the 25-year-old woman to the hospital with a stab wound in her stomach, was unclear. The police said Mr. Forteau might have been trying to steal the woman's purse. They also said he had sprayed her with an unknown liquid during the encounter. Mr. Forteau was also charged with assault, attempted assault and several counts of criminal possession of a weapon. The woman, who was not immediately identified, appeared to have been singled out at random, the police said.