Crime & Safety
Police: Wading River Woman Assaulted by Live-In Boyfriend
The woman claims her boyfriend burned her right arm with a cigar torch, according to police.
A Wading River woman was hospitalized after being assaulted by her boyfriend on Tuesday afternoon, according to Riverhead Town Police.
Police responded to Wading River Manor Road on a report of a harassment shortly after 2:30 p.m.
The victim, Alison Schomb, 46, indicated that she had been assaulted by her live-in boyfriend, Charles Smith, 64, police said.
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She reported to the police that Smith burned her right arm with a cigar torch, according to police.
Schomb was transported to Peconic Bay Medical Center for her injuries where she was treated and released.
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Smith was arrested and charged with third degree assault. He was transported to the Riverhead Police Department where he was processed and will held for morning arraignment.
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