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Woman threw dynamite through her partner’s window which blew his hand off

Long Island woman blew off her boyfriend????????s hand with a stick of dynamite following an argument and was convicted of assault on Friday, April 24, authorities said. Keyonna Waddell, 35, tossed the explosive into the victim????????s Suffolk County apartment on March 22, 2024, the Suffolk County District Attorney????????s office said. Hours earlier, the couple had argued and the victim left, telling Waddell to do the same, investigators said. He later returned and assumed she was gone, according to prosecutors. The man then went to sleep but was awoken by a hissing sound and saw a flame on the floor of his bedroom, authorities said. He saw what he believed was a stick of dynamite. After first trying and failing to extinguish the explosive, the victim picked it up with the intention of throwing it outside, prosecutors said. However, it then blew up in his hand. ???????He felt searing pain and realized that his hand was gone,??????? the district attorney????????s office said. ???????He ran to the end of the driveway and observed Waddell fleeing the scene on foot.??????? The man was rushed to Nassau University Medical Center, where the remaining parts of his hand and part of his arm were amputated, authorities said. Waddell, of Deer Park, was arrested the following day. An investigation revealed she had previously threatened the victim with dynamite multiple times, prosecutors said. A jury convicted Waddell on Friday of first-degree assault and first-degree weapons possession, according to the DA????????s office. She faces up to 25 years in prison at her sentencing hearing on May 27.
Keyonna Waddell had previously threatened her partner with dynamite (Picture: Suffolk County District Attorney)

A Suffolk County woman has been convicted after lobbing dynamite through the window of her boyfriend’s bedroom, blowing up his hand.

Keyonna Waddell, 35, US, had a heated argument with her partner on March 22, 2024, inside his home in Deer Park, a hamlet in Long Island, US.

He stormed out of the home and asked Waddell to leave – when he returned, there was no sign she was inside.

The victim was later awoken by a hissing sound and noticed a small flame on the floor of his bedroom – a stick of handmade dynamite.

After failing to extinguish the flame, he grabbed the dynamite to throw it outside only for it to explode in his hand.

He felt ‘searing pain’ as he looked down to see that most of his hand was gone, the police said.

Doctors amputated what was left of his hand and arm.

Long Island woman blew off her boyfriend???s hand with a stick of dynamite following an argument and was convicted of assault on Friday, April 24, authorities said. Keyonna Waddell, 35, tossed the explosive into the victim???s Suffolk County apartment on March 22, 2024, the Suffolk County District Attorney???s office said. Hours earlier, the couple had argued and the victim left, telling Waddell to do the same, investigators said. He later returned and assumed she was gone, according to prosecutors. The man then went to sleep but was awoken by a hissing sound and saw a flame on the floor of his bedroom, authorities said. He saw what he believed was a stick of dynamite. After first trying and failing to extinguish the explosive, the victim picked it up with the intention of throwing it outside, prosecutors said. However, it then blew up in his hand. ???He felt searing pain and realized that his hand was gone,??? the district attorney???s office said. ???He ran to the end of the driveway and observed Waddell fleeing the scene on foot.??? The man was rushed to Nassau University Medical Center, where the remaining parts of his hand and part of his arm were amputated, authorities said. Waddell, of Deer Park, was arrested the following day. An investigation revealed she had previously threatened the victim with dynamite multiple times, prosecutors said. A jury convicted Waddell on Friday of first-degree assault and first-degree weapons possession, according to the DA???s office. She faces up to 25 years in prison at her sentencing hearing on May 27.
She faces decades in prison (Picture: Suffolk County District Attorney)

Waddell was arrested the following day and investigators found she had threatened to blow the victim up with dynamite before.

A jury found her guilty last week of assault in the first degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the first degree, both felonies.

She will be sentenced on May 27 and faces up to 25 years behind bars.

District Attorney Tierney said: ‘Domestic violence can escalate to deadly levels, and this case is a sobering reminder of that reality.

‘Thanks to the outstanding work of our prosecutors and the Suffolk County Police Department, a dangerous individual has been held accountable and will face a lengthy prison sentence for this horrific act.’

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