SAUGERTIES – A Saugerties man was arrested on Friday on a charge of criminal contempt of a court order, one day after he was arrested on a charge of strangulation for allegedly assaulting and strangling the same victim to the point of unconsciousness.
Saugerties Police responded to an anonymous report of a domestic dispute at 535 Old Stage Road at mid-morning on January 20.
The found Richard Marinello, 33, and the victim in the residence.
At the time of his first arrest, he was arraigned and released by the court with a full stay-away order of protection issued.
During the second arrest, Marinello was arraigned and remanded to the Ulster County Jail.
