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The incident took place in Orange County around 2:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 8 in Newburgh on Timber Ridge Road.
According to Lt. Peter Talarico of the Newburgh Police, a verbal argument broke between the man and woman and victim when the man pulled out a machete threatened the victim, and hit their car with the weapon as they were leaving.
After the incident was reported, police attempted to make contact with Prince-Rasheem Crawley, age 30, of Newburgh for threatening with the machete and a woman, Shantel Chiu, age 36, also of Newburgh, (who had a long gun), both were "uncooperative," Talarico said.
After attempts to speak with both suspects, police established a command post, and the Orange County Sheriff's Office was requested to help.
After a brief standoff and negotiation period, five occupants (3 adults, and 2 children) were taken into police custody without incident, Talarico said.
Both Crawley and Chiu were arrested. Crawley was charged with:
- Criminal mischief
- Menacing
- Criminal possession of a weapon
Chiu was charged with menacing.
Both were released with an appearance ticket with a future court date.
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