Police: Local man assaulted at polling place

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QUEENSBURY — Police have arrested a local man and charged him with assault in an attack Tuesday at a polling place.

Robert J. Hogan, 57, of Queensbury, was charged with third-degree assault, a misdemeanor, for grabbing another man by the head and kneeing him in the head, Warren County Undersheriff Terry Comeau said.

Comeau said Dylan Hafner of Queensbury, the victim of the assault, was either touching or removing at least one sign from across the street at the Veterans of Foreign Wars post.

Comeau said it was not clear whether Hafner had picked up one or more signs.

“After the assault, the gentleman went into vote, came back out and was taken into custody,” Comeau said of Hogan.

Reached later Tuesday, Hafner said he was attacked outside a polling place for picking up one of U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik’s election signs.

The incident happened at around 10 a.m. at the corner of Luzerne Road and Veterans Road across from the West Glens Falls Fire Department polling place. Hafner said he saw a Stefanik sign that was tipped over and he was under the impression it was abandoned property.

“I don’t like garbage on the side of the road,” he said.

He figured it would need to come down anyway, since it was Election Day.

Hafner said he went to throw the sign in his car. At that point, a man driving by pulled over to the side of the road next to his car, swore at him and yelled, “Who are you?”

Hafner asked him if it was his sign and said he would give it to him. Then, Hafner said, the man attacked him.


More (Includes video): https://poststar.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/police-local-man-assaulted-at-polling-place/article_e6c12558-d680-5f24-b754-6fe73404bc79.html


Note: I realize that this isn't a brand new story, but I was shocked when I read it since this happened at my polling place!