Crime & Safety
Assault With Sword In Yorktown: Police
Police said a Yorktown Heights man stabbed another person with a large sword during a domestic dispute.
YORKTOWN, NY — A Yorktown man was accused of assaulting another person with a sword.
The Yorktown Police Department said a detective was sent around 2 p.m. Saturday to the hospital to speak with a person who received cuts from a sword during a domestic dispute at a Yorktown residence.
Police said Dominquel Washington, 31, of Yorktown Heights, stabbed and cut the victim with a large sword, causing multiple lacerations after a verbal dispute.
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Washington then left the scene in a car, which was later determined to be traveling in Peekskill.
The City of Peekskill Police Department was able to locate the car with Washington as a passenger, police said.
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He was turned over to the Yorktown police and taken to headquarters for arrest processing.
Washington was arraigned in the Yorktown Justice Court, where a judge issued an order of protection on behalf of the victim.
He was held on $250,000 bail and taken to the Westchester County Jail.
Washington is due back in court Tuesday.
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