Crime & Safety
Man Barricades Himself In LI Home After Machete Attack: Police
He attacked a man, who was covered with blood from a head wound, police say. Hostage negotiators were on the scene for more than 8 hours.
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RIVERSIDE, NY — A man barricaded himself in a Long Island home Friday afternoon after attacking someone with a machete, police said.
According to Southampton Town police, the incident took place around 3:07 p.m. Officers responded to a home on Pine Street in Riverside after a 911 call regarding a man assaulting someone with a machete, police said.
Upon arrival, police found a 24-year-old man covered in blood, suffering from a head wound, authorities said.
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Police tended to his wound until the Flanders-Northampton Volunteer Ambulance Corps arrived and transported him to Peconic Bay Medical Center, authorities said.
Adonias Estrada-Sinay, 35, of Riverside, the man with the machete, barricaded himself in a Pine Street residence, police said.
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Southampton Town Police Department's emergency service unit, New York State Police, and hostage negotiators from both departments responded to the scene, police said. Southampton Town police detectives worked with the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office to obtain and effect a search warrant at the address, police said.
At 11:33 p.m., Estrada-Sinay was arrested and charged with assault, menacing, and criminal possession of a weapon, police said. Estrada-Sinay was held overnight and brought to Southampton Justice Town Court for arraignment, police said.
The judge remanded him to jail in lieu of $50,000 bail, police said.
Any witnesses are urged to contact Southampton Town Police Department detectives at 631-702-2230, or the department's crime hotline at 631-728- 3454. All calls will be kept confidential.
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