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Nurses, lauded for coronavirus efforts, find their tires slashed

In this image from video provided by News12 Hudson Valley, one of 22 vehicles with a flat tire is seen in the parking lot outside New York-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital in Cortlandt, N.Y., Saturday, April 11, 2020. Police arrested a 29-year-old man and charged him with possession of a controlled substance and criminal mischief for slashing the tires. Police said he had a small amount of PCP when he was arrested. (News12 Hudson Valley via AP)
In this image from video provided by News12 Hudson Valley, one of 22 vehicles with a flat tire is seen in the parking lot outside New York-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital in Cortlandt, N.Y., Saturday, April 11, 2020. Police arrested a 29-year-old man and charged him with possession of a controlled substance and criminal mischief for slashing the tires. Police said he had a small amount of PCP when he was arrested. (News12 Hudson Valley via AP) In this image from video provided by News12 Hudson Valley, one of 22 vehicles with a flat tire is seen in the parking lot outside New York-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital in Cortlandt, N.Y., Saturday, April 11, 2020. Police arrested a 29-year-old man and charged him with possession of a controlled substance and criminal mischief for slashing the tires. Police said he had a small amount of PCP when he was arrested. (News12 Hudson Valley via AP)

CORTLANDT, N.Y. (AP) – Some nurses at a New York hospital who had just been lauded for their work during the coronavirus pandemic ended their stress-filled overnight shifts to find their tires had been slashed while they worked.

New York state police reported that the tires of 22 vehicles were found slashed Friday morning outside New York-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital in Cortlandt.

Daniel R. Hall, 29, was arrested on charges including criminal mischief and possession of a controlled substance. Police said he had a small amount of PCP when he was arrested.

Hall is due in court May 18. It’s not clear whether he has an attorney who can speak for him.

Hospital officials said they would pay for the damage.