Crime & Safety

Yorktown Woman Strikes Man, Gets Charged With Criminal Contempt

The man had an order of protection which was violated, police said.

YORKTOWN, NY — A domestic incident led to the arrest Tuesday of a Yorktown resident. Yorktown Police said Nuala Anne O’Connor, 59, of Saw Mill River Road in Yorktown, was accused of harassing a man by striking him in the face.

O’Connor did so, according to police, in violation of a duly served order of protection issued on behalf of the man by the Yorktown Justice Court.

She was charged with second-degree criminal contempt, a misdemeanor.

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Police said O’Connor was held pending an arraignment.

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