By Nathan Brown
WASHINGTONVILLE — A Town of
Wallkill police officer was arrested early Tuesday after, Washingtonville
police said, she stabbed a man during a domestic dispute.
Village police said they went
to a home on Decker Drive around 5 a.m., were told an argument had gotten
physical, and found a man with a knife wound to his left upper back. Blooming
Grove Volunteer Ambulance brought him to the Newburgh campus of St. Luke’s
Cornwall Hospital; from there, he was brought to Westchester Medical Center, in
Valhalla.
Danielle Garcia, 34, was
arrested at the scene, and charged with first-degree assault, a felony, and
misdemeanor possession of a weapon.
The Town of Wallkill hired
Garcia at the beginning of 2007.
At a work session Wednesday
night, the town board decided to suspend her without pay, said Supervisor Dan
Depew. He said they may take further action later.
Garcia was sent to Orange
County Jail on $10,000 cash bail or $20,000 bond, said Washingtonville police;
she wasn’t in the jail as of Wednesday afternoon, though, according to the
booking department. She’s due back in village court at 5 p.m. on March 12.
