MARLBORO, NY — A Newburgh man was arrested after shooting a woman in the face Sunday.
State Police said Darren J. Olympia, 21, of Newburgh, was charged with second-degree assault and first-degree reckless endangerment, felonies.
Police were called to a private home in the Town of Marlboro where they found a 21-year-old woman with a single gunshot wound to her face.
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She was taken to Westchester Medical Center where she is in critical condition.
An investigation found that Olympia had retrieved a legally owned handgun and recklessly shot one round from it, inadvertently striking the woman.
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He was arraigned in the Town of Marlborough Justice Court and sent to the Ulster County Jail in lieu of $25,000 bail or $50,000 bond.
Photo caption: Darren J. Olympia. Photo credit: NYSP.
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