LYONS FALLS, N.Y. — State police say a 29-year-old man used a chain saw to cut through a door at his boss’s upstate New York home, causing severe injuries to the employer’s hand.

Troopers say Kyle Poore of Lyons Falls used the chain saw late Sunday night to cut through a bedroom door at his employer’s Lewis County home, 55 miles northeast of Syracuse.

Police say Poore caused severe cuts and tendon damage to his boss’s hand, then fled on foot before troopers arrived.

A state police dog tracked Poore through nearby fields and a wooded area before he was caught.

Police have not revealed any possible motive for the attack. Poore is jailed on assault charges. Prosecutors say lawyers assigned to his case had conflicts of interest, so he’ll be assigned another lawyer.

Associated Press