A Newburgh woman was accused of stabbing another woman on April 23.
City of Newburgh police said they responded to Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital just after 5 p.m. on April 23 after receiving a report of a stabbing victim being brought there.
Police said an investigation showed there had been a physical altercation between two women in the rear of 128 Broadway prior to the stabbing.
The stabbing victim was treated for her injuries at the hospital and released.
The other woman, identified by police as Kristna Manning, 27, of the City of Newburgh, was arrested and charged with first-degree criminal contempt, a felony, and third-degree assault, a misdemeanor.
Court information, including the name of Manning’s attorney, was not immediately available.
Mike Randall covers breaking news for the Times Herald-Record and the Poughkeepsie Journal. Reach him at mrandall@th-record.com.
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Reporting by Mike Randall, Middletown Times Herald- Record / Times Herald-Record
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