Victim Found With Slashed Neck At Hudson Valley Motel, Suspect Arrested: Police

TOWN OF NEWBURGH, NY — A violent attack left a victim injured and a suspect in custody, according to police in Orange County.

The Town of Newburgh Police Department says that on Sunday, around 9 a.m. officers responded to the Super 8, located on Rt. 300, after receiving a report of a man with a neck laceration.

Once at the scene, police found a 40-year-old victim and provided medical aid. The victim was taken by Town of Newburgh EMS to Montefiore St. Luke's Hospital, where he is currently listed as stable.

A preliminary investigation found that the injury was the result of a knife assault that had taken place at the property.

Police later arrested 52-year-old Shayne D. Griffin, of Newburgh, and charged him with felony second-degree assault, felony third-degree criminal possession of a weapon, and misdemeanor second-degree menacing.

He was arraigned in the Central Arraignment Part at the Orange County Jail, and remanded to the custody of the Orange County Sheriff, without bail.

Town of Newburgh police thanked the New York State Police and City of Newburgh police for their help.