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Troopers received a walk-in complaint alleging that William A. Kivel, 25, assaulted the female victim, took her cell phone preventing her from calling the police, and threatened to kill her and himself with a rifle, State Police said.
Kivel was arrested later in the evening and charged with third-degree assault, second-degree menacing, second-degree unlawful imprisonment, fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon and criminal obstruction of breathing, according to State Police.
Kivel was remanded to Putnam County Jail in lieu of $5,000 bail. He is scheduled to appear in court on Thursday, June 5, officials said.
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