Clough arrested for attack with a tire iron
GUILDERLAND A Schenectady man now sits behind bars after police say he violently attacked clinic employees Wednesday night at Executive Park in McKownville.
Mathew A. Clough, 31, of 822 Rankin Ave., Schenectady, is facing second-degree felony assault and third-degree misdemeanor assault charges.
Guilderland Police say they received a call Wednesday evening about a man striking a women in the face with his fist and hitting another man with a tire iron.
"We received a 911 call that an assault was occurring. He [Clough] had left by the time we arrived, but he later turned himself in to the Schenectady Police Department," said Lieutenant Curtis Cox of the Guilderland Police Department.
Cox told The Enterprise that Clough walked into the acupuncture and massage therapy clinic at 4 Executive Park Drive with a tire iron and was met in the lobby by the acupuncturist.
Clough knew both of the victims, police say.
The arrest report says Clough is six feet tall, weighs 185 pounds, and works as a clerk. It also says he was impaired by alcohol.
"When he walked in, he was met by the acupuncturist and he punched her in the face and knocked her down," Cox said. "Then he was holding up the tire iron as if he was going to strike her with it."
Police say thats when the massage therapist came running out.
"She yelled out for help," Cox said, and then the massage therapist ran up and put his arm out and was struck as Clough swung the tire iron. Another employee then came running out and helped the massage therapist wrestle the tire iron away from Clough.
Clough then ran out of the office and drove away, said Cox.
According to the arrest report, the acupuncturist had injuries resulting in a laceration on her face and swelling in her jaw, and the massage therapist injured his left forearm from blocking Cloughs tire iron.
Both were treated by Guilderland Emergency Medical Services workers at the scene and later drove themselves to a local hospital for further examination.
Police say the incident was over an e-mail message.
"His intent was to go in there with this tire iron with the intent to get an e-mail one way or another," Cox said.
Schenectady Police turned Clough over to Guilderland Polices custody and he was arraigned in town court where he was remanded to Albany Countys jail.
