YORKTOWN, NY — A Westchester man was arrested after allegedly assault another person. Yorktown Police said Lawrence T. Welch, 26, of Mohawk Road in Mohegan Lake, was charged with third-degree assault, a misdemeanor.
Police said they responded to Phelps Memorial Hospital around 8:41 p.m. May 10 to investigate a report of a past assault that occurred on Crompond Road in Yorktown around 1 a.m. May 10.
Police found that Welch struck and injured the victim.
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He voluntarily turned himself in the following day at the Yorktown Police Department.
Welch was arraigned in the Yorktown Justice Court. The judge issued a temporary order of protection on the victim’s behalf.
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Welch was released on his own recognizance and is scheduled to reappear in court May 22.
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