Crime & Safety
Victim Left With Severe Lacerations In Easter Domestic Incident: NYSP
The suspect struck the victim in the face and then grabbed a knife lunging towards her neck and head, police say.
TOWN OF WAPPINGER, NY — New York State Police say that a Wappinger Falls man was arrested for domestic abuse on Sunday.
Troopers responded to a home in the Town of Wappinger after receiving a report of a domestic dispute involving a knife.
Police say 38-year-old Ismael Quiles struck the victim in the face and then grabbed a knife lunging towards the victim's neck and head.
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The victim was able to gain control of the knife, but received severe lacerations to her hands, according to police.
Quiles was arrested and charged with second-degree menacing, second-degree assault, fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon, and second-degree obstructing governmental administration.
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He was remanded to the Dutchess County Jail, with a preliminary hearing scheduled for Wednesday in the Town of Wappinger Court.
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