KINGSTON – The Ulster County Sheriff’s Office
has arrested a 37-year-old Jamaican citizen currently living in Poughkeepsie
on a felony assault charge.
Carlinton Augustus allegedly stabbed a woman resulting in a collapsed
lung. She was transported to MidHudson Regional Hospital in Poughkeepsie
for treatment.
Augustus fled the early morning, Monday incident before deputy sheriffs
arrived on the scene. He was located hiding in a wooded area not far from
where the incident occurred about 2 ½ hours later.
Deputies were assisted by State Police and their aviation unit, State
DEC Police, Plattekill and New Paltz Police and the Gardiner Fire Department.
Augustus was arraigned and remanded to the Ulster County Jail in lieu
of $50,000 cash bail or $100,000 bond.
