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Kyle M. Poore, 29, of Lyons Falls, has been charged after attacking his boss with a chain saw, police said.

(State police)

LYONS FALLS, N.Y. -- A Lewis County man has been charged after police say he attacked his boss with a chain saw.

Kyle M. Poore, 29, of Lyons Falls, broke into his employer's home Sunday night with a running chain saw and used the saw to cut through a door to a bedroom where his boss was located, state police said Monday.

The employer suffered severe lacerations and tendon damage to his hand, police said.

Poore left the home on foot before police arrived, police said.

Schini is a State Police bloodhound assigned to the Oneida barracks. The dog is named after Trooper Craig J. Todeschini, 25, of Geddes, who died in a crash in April 2006 while he as pursuing a speeding motorcyclist.

Trooper Kevin P. Conners and his bloodhound, Schini, tracked Poore through the surrounding fields, roadways and wooded area. Poore was arrested without incident, police said.

Poore, of 3605 Seymour St., was charged with first-degree burglary, second-degree assault and third-degree criminal possession of a weapon, all felonies, police said. He also was charged with endangering the welfare of a child, a misdemeanor, because the victim's young son also was in the bedroom when the chain saw attack happened, state police said.

Poore was arraigned in New Bremen Town Court. He is being held in the Lewis County Public Safety Building in lieu of $15,000 bail.