CARMEL, N.Y. (AP) - A columnist who covers local tax issues in New York says a town board member threw a water bottle at his head, grabbed his cellphone and threw it, breaking the screen.
Journal News columnist David McKay Wilson filed a complaint with the Putnam County Sheriff’s Department after he said Carmel Town Board member Michael Barile attacked him during a public meeting Wednesday.
Wilson has spent months reporting for the Journal News about Barile’s alleged failure to comply with conditions of a county permit that allowed him to install a sewer line at his restaurant. He has also reported on Barile’s involvement in the town’s purchase of land at Swan Cove on Lake Mahopac.
A phone message was left at a number listed for Barile.
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Information from: The Journal News, http://www.lohud.com
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