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Man Arrested for Slicing Co-Worker's Throat at Hudson Valley Amazon Facility

A violent altercation at an Amazon Distribution Center in New Windsor on Sunday, January 19, resulted in the arrest of a Middletown man accused of slashing a co-worker's throat.

New Windsor Police nabbed a man who allegedly sliced the throat of a co-worker at the Amazon Distribution Center. 

New Windsor Police nabbed a man who allegedly sliced the throat of a co-worker at the Amazon Distribution Center. 

Photo Credit: Town of New Windsor Police

New Windsor Police Chief Daniel Valeri said officers responded to the facility on Hudson Valley Avenue around 9:25 a.m. after receiving a report of an assault. Officers found a 36-year-old man with a significant neck laceration.

Valeri said the suspect, Loryn-Yael Gardner-Lawery, 27, of Middletown, was located nearby and matched the victim's description. He was taken into custody without incident.

New Windsor EMS transported the victim to Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital in Newburgh, where he was treated for non-life-threatening injuries and is reported to be in stable condition.

Gardner-Lawery was charged with attempted assault and criminal possession of a weapon.

He was arraigned at the Centralized Arraignment Part in Goshen and remanded to the Orange County Jail.

The investigation is ongoing, and police have not disclosed further details about the incident's motive or circumstances.

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