Dog Bite Leads To Assault: Man Charged In Hudson Valley Incident, Police Say

A 40-year-old man faces assault charges after allegedly starting a physical fight while trying to remove a dog from a Hudson Valley residence that had just bit a person, police said.

The incident happened at a residence on Dunwoodie Road in Kent, police said.
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Ben Crnic

08/31/2023 12:00 p.m.

The arrest resulted from a Putnam County incident on Saturday, Aug. 26 around 3 p.m., when Kent Police responded to a home on Dunwoodie Road for a reported physical fight.

According to Kent Police, arriving officers found two people engaged in a verbal dispute in the middle of the road. After speaking with numerous people at the scene, authorities eventually determined that the aggressor of the fight had allegedly been 40-year-old James Watson of Carmel, police said.

Watson allegedly began the physical fight while trying to remove a dog from the property that had bitten a person in the home, according to authorities.

He was then taken into custody and charged with:

Third-degree assault;
Endangering the welfare of a minor.

Watson was then arraigned in court and released pending a future court appearance.

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