Town of Salina, New York – The Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office reports that Deputies have charged Syracuse woman in connection with an altercation that occurred this morning in the parking lot of the speedway in Mattydale.
On the morning of March 14th at approximately 11:06 a.m., Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a reported stabbing that occurred in the parking lot of the Speedway located at 2723 Brewerton Road in the Town of Salina. A 911 caller reported that two females were physically fighting in the parking lot and one of the females had been stabbed in the hand. When deputies arrived on scene, they discovered both females had been separated from each other and one of the females bleeding from the hand.
Deputies investigating the incident report that an 18-year-old identified as Amadiah Yancy of Syracuse, was operating a vehicle on Brewerton Road when she nearly struck a 47-year-old female who was walking on the shoulder of the road. Yancy pulled into the Speedway where the 47-year-old female confronted her and the two engaged in a physical altercation. During the altercation, Yancy pulled out a pocketknife and began swinging at the 47-year-old victim, causing several small lacerations to her fingers that required medical treatment.
Deputies charged Yancy with assault in the 2nd degree, criminal possession of a weapon in the 4th degree and menacing in the 2nd degree. She is currently being held in the Justice Center and is expected to be arraigned this evening in Centralized Arraignment Court.
