Pearl River bar fight turns deadly; police reviewing case

Matt Coyne | Rockland/Westchester Journal News

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PEARL RIVER - One of the two men involved in a late-night bar fight last month in Pearl River has died.

Orangetown police said Richard Hess, a 21-year-old from Norwood, New Jersey, has died, six days after he was knocked out by 21-year-old Douglas Guido of Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey, after drinking at the Pearl River Saloon after 3 a.m. June 23.

After the fight — which happened outside the bar — Hess was taken to Nyack Hospital, then Westchester Medical Center, where he died Friday.

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Guido was arrested June 23 and charged with second-degree assault, a felony.

Hess and Guido know each other, according to police.

Orangetown police say they are now reviewing the case, along with the Rockland County District Attorney's Office and the Westchester County Medical Examiner's Office.

The district attorney said the matter was being presented to a grand jury.

Orangetown police are asking any witnesses or anyone with information to contact detectives at 845-359-2121.

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