The incident began at around 2:35 a.m. on Thursday, July 24, when police responded to The Ambassador Cigar Shop at 1214 Route 55 in LaGrange, after Dutchess County 911 received a report of a disturbance, New York State Police announced on Friday, July 25.
When officers arrived, they found a 31-year-old man with visible facial injuries and his hands restrained with zip ties, police said. Also present were three other men who claimed to be employees of the shop.
Investigators later found that all four men were known to one another before the incident. According to police, the altercation began earlier in Yonkers and escalated before continuing at the LaGrange location…