Woman Assaulted On LIRR Train In Hamptons: Police

Southampton NY

07 July, 2021

6:57 PM

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BRIDGEHAMPTON, NY — A woman is facing felony charges after she assaulted someone on a Long Island Rail Road train in the Hamptons Wednesday morning, police said. According to Southampton Town Police, at 10:52 a.m., officers responded to the Bridgehampton train station to investigate a report of an assault that occurred on an LIRR train traveling east from the Southampton station to Bridgehampton. A woman was struck in the head with a laptop, resulting in physical injury and damage to the computer, police said. Shantal April Daniels, 34, of Queens, was arrested and charged with second-degree assault, a felony; and third-degree criminal mischief, a felony, police said. Southampton Police detectives and MTA police also responded; Daniels was taken to Southampton Town Police headquarters in Hampton Bays for processing, police said.