MONTICELLO – Village Police in Monticello have arrested a 30-year-old Monticello man who is on parole following a domestic dispute.
Shortly before 5 p.m. on Tuesday, November 29, police were called to a residence in the Sleepy Hollow apartment complex at Terry Lane in the village where the suspect, Anthony Ronald Torre, allegedly choked and placed a Kabar-style knife to the neck of a 32-year-old woman. He also allegedly used the knife to strike and destroy property inside the home.
He fled the residence before officers arrived.
About an hour-and-a-half later, Lt. Mark Johnstone saw Torre inside a convenience store on Forestburgh Road. As Torre came out, he saw the officer with his weapon drawn approaching him.
Torre pulled the knife from inside his jacket and threw it down at which point the officer ordered him to the ground and was taken into custody without incident.
He was charged with criminal possession of a weapon, criminal mischief, menacing and criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circulation.
Torre was arraigned by Monticello Justice Douglas Solomon and remanded to the Sullivan County Jail in lieu of $50,000 cash bail, $100,000 bail bond or $200,000 secured insurance bond pending further court action.
Torre is currently on parole until September 2024 for a prior conviction of attempted robbery and has also been charged with violation of parole.
