MARLBORO – A local woman is in critical condition and a Newburgh man charged with accidently shooting her in the face while handling a handgun at a Town of Marlboro residence, state police said on Monday.

Darren Olympia, 21, was arrested after troopers, Marlboro officers and Ulster County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a 911 call at the residence on Sunday and found a 21-year-old woman with a single gunshot wound in her face, police said.

Olympia is accused of recklessly discharging the handgun, which was legally owned. The woman was transported to Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla.

Police charged Olympia with second-degree assault and first-degree reckless endangerment, felonies.

He was arraigned in Town of Marlborough Court and held in Ulster County Jail on $25,000 cash bail and $50,000 bond.