Overview
- Keyonna Waddell, 35, was found guilty Friday of first-degree assault and first-degree criminal possession of a weapon.
- Prosecutors said she threw a homemade stick of dynamite into her then-boyfriend’s bedroom in Deer Park as he slept in March 2024.
- The device exploded as he tried to toss it away, and doctors at Nassau University Medical Center amputated his remaining hand and part of his arm.
- Authorities said Waddell had threatened to use dynamite against him multiple times in the months before the attack.
- She was arrested the next day and now faces up to 25 years at a May 27 sentencing, which officials say underscores how domestic disputes can escalate into life‑altering violence.