NEW WINDSOR
Last year’s police officer of the year in Orange County was arrested Friday night for hitting a female acquaintance, police said.
New Windsor police were dispatched to Anthony’s Pier 9 catering hall on Route 9W just before 11:30 p.m. for a report of an assault. Police said that Richard Hammer had a dispute with a woman and hit her.
Richard Hammer, 38, was charged with misdemeanor assault and will appear in New Windsor court March 19. The woman, whose name was not released, was treated at St. Luke’s Hospital in Newburgh and released. Anthony’s Pier 9 was the site of a party for police recruits following Friday’s police academy graduation.
Hammer was awarded the Police Officer of the Year in 2008 by the Police Chiefs’ Association of Orange County. Last February he was stabbed in the right thigh while trying to help the victim of a gang attack. City of Newburgh police declined to comment on Hammer’s arrest.
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