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Woman Stabbed Nassau Man To Death: Police

Police say the Hudson Valley woman murdered the man, who died two weeks after suffering chest wounds.

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Nassau County police say Veronica Hardwick, of Poughkeepsie, stabbed a Hempstead man in the chest. He died of his injuries two weeks later.
Nassau County police say Veronica Hardwick, of Poughkeepsie, stabbed a Hempstead man in the chest. He died of his injuries two weeks later. (Nassau County Police Department)

HEMPSTEAD, NY — A Hudson Valley woman was arrested last week and charged in the November murder of a Hempstead man.

According to police, officers responded to an apartment complex on Fulton Avenue at 6:45 p.m. on Nov. 25 for a report of a man who had been stabbed in the chest. They found 35-year-old Richard Reshard and transported him to a hospital. He died from his wounds on Dec. 7.

On Dec. 9, detectives arrested Veronica Hardwick, 51, of Poughkeepsie, for the murder, police said.

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Hardwick has been charged with second-degree murder. She was arraigned on Dec. 9 at First District Court in Hempstead, and is being held in prison.

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