ODDLY ENOUGH

ODDLY ENOUGH

Police: Man with chain saw cuts through door, hurts boss

LYONS FALLS, N.Y.

State police say a 29-year-old man used a chain saw to cut through a door at his boss’s upstate New York home, causing severe injuries to the employer’s hand.

Troopers say Kyle Poore of Lyons Falls used a running chain saw late Sunday to cut through a bedroom door at his employer’s Lewis County home, 55 miles northeast of Syracuse.

Police say Poore caused severe cuts and tendon damage to his boss’s hand, then fled the scene on foot before troopers arrived.

A state police K-9 tracked Poore through nearby fields and a wooded area before he was caught.

Police haven’t said what led to the incident.

Poore is jailed on assault and other charges. Prosecutors say lawyers assigned to his case had conflicts of interest, so he’ll be assigned another lawyer.

Official gets resignation letter – from husband

TRENTON, N.J.

New Jersey’s lieutenant governor has received a letter of resignation – from her husband.

Kim Guadagno’s husband, Michael, is an appeals court judge. In order to collect his pension, he is required by law to notify Kim Guadagno in her dual role as secretary of state that he’ll reach the mandatory retirement age of 70 this month.

In the letter, Michael Guadagno wrote that with her term ending in January 2018 and his income “substantially reduced,” it may be an “excellent opportunity for you to consider a career change to a more lucrative position.”

He wrote that they could discuss it “over dinner.”

Kim Guadagno is running in the GOP primary to succeed Republican Gov. Chris Christie, and her husband’s letter seems to take a shot at the state’s current chief executive.

“While we are on the subject, I take this opportunity to remind you that you receive no pension for your work as Lieutenant Governor or Secretary of State, even though, to date, you have served as acting Governor for more than five hundred days,” he wrote.

That refers to times when Christie was out of state, including when he ran for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination and served as chairman of the Republican Governors Association.

Michael Guadagno’s retirement also means he can campaign for his wife. He was unable to do so in 2009 and 2013 since he was a judge.

Associated Press