Monticello police arrested three persons on May 23, as part of an ongoing investigation into a reported gang assault upon a 36-year-old Monticello man that occurred on May 1. The incident occurred in a residence on High Street in the Village of Monticello.

Owen Horace, 22; Chantel Gaylord, 26; and Gina Tillman, 24, all of Monticello, were arrested and charged with felony gang assault. The victim reported to police that the defendants, while acting in concert with several other persons, repeatedly struck him with their fists and also with a bar stool during the incident.