Crime & Safety
Dobbs Ferry Man Throws Teen Through Store Window: Police
The Westchester district attorney said the man faces three counts of felony assault and more.
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DOBBS FERRY, NY — A Dobbs Ferry man was accused of assaulting two teenagers in September, throwing one of them through a window, police said.
Westchester County District Attorney Miriam Rocah and Dobbs Ferry Police Chief Manuel R. Guevara said Wednesday that Vincent Pappas, 62, of Dobbs Ferry, was indicted by a grand jury.
He was charged with:
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- First-degree assault, a felony.
- Two counts of second-degree assault, felonies.
- Third-degree criminal mischief, a felony.
- Third-degree assault, a misdemeanor.
- Resisting arrest, a misdemeanor.
- Two counts of endangering the welfare of a child, a misdemeanor.
Pappas was arraigned in Westchester County Court Wednesday and was sent to jail.
Prosecutors, said, around 5:30 p.m. Sept. 29, Pappas threw one of the 15-year-olds through a storefront window on Main Street in Dobbs Ferry.
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The teen was taken to Westchester Medical Center, where he was treated for a punctured lung, a cervical spine fracture and multiple lacerations.
Pappas also assaulted the second 15-year-old during the incident, and he resisted arrest as officers from the Dobbs Ferry Police Department placed him into custody, authorities said.
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