Crime & Safety
New City Man Injures Nurse, Damages Nyack Hospital
Orangetown police took him from the hospital to the county jail.
NYACK, NY — A New City man who police say injured a nurse and damaged a room and equipment at Nyack Hospital faces felony and misdemeanor charges. Removed from the hospital, he was taken to Rockland County Jail.
Aaron Kinlaw, 32, grabbed a phone from a nurse and then hit her across the head with it before pulling down wires and ceiling tiles and knocking over a computer monitor, police alleged.
He faces charges of second-degree assault, a felony; plus fourth-degree criminal mischief and third-degree criminal tampering, misdemeanors.
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The violence happened at 12:25 p.m. May 15, according to Orangetown police.
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