A number of Poughkeepsie teenagers had been concerned in an incident within the metropolis on Thursday, February tenth round 5:30 pm that resulted in felony costs and an officer being transported to the hospital as a result of accidents.
The Metropolis of Poughkeepsie Police Division reported {that a} automobile that was reported stolen out of Stamford, CT was present in Poughkeepsie in a parking zone on Rinaldi Boulevard, and occupied by a number of teenage people.
Upon initiating a visitors cease on the automobile, Police say quite a few the topics exited the automobile and fled. One of many topics who fled the automobile, a 16-year-old Metropolis of Poughkeepsie resident, was chased by an officer and located to have a loaded handgun in his possession. The officer who detained the teenager was injured throughout the arrest.
The opposite topics within the automobile that had fled had been in a position to be detained not removed from the place police had tried to cease the automobile, and officers report that every one events had been 16 and 17 years of age and all from the Metropolis of Poughkeepsie.
There have been reportedly three remaining topics within the stolen automobile, Metropolis of Poughkeepsie resident 20-year-old Semaj Godfrey, 18-year-old Stamford, Connecticut resident Zayre Davis, and a further Metropolis of Poughkeepsie resident who’s 15 years outdated. These three complied with officers requests and had been detained with out incident, nevertheless, throughout the investigation, a loaded handgun was discovered contained in the automobile.
Additional investigation was accomplished on the Metropolis of Poughkeepsie Police Division, the place all topics had been transported, and later organized at Metropolis of Poughkeepsie Court docket. Excluding the 15-year-old, all topics had been charged with felony possession of a weapon within the second diploma, and felony possession of stolen property within the third diploma, each felonies. An extra depend of felony possession of a weapon within the second diploma and assault within the second diploma had been charged to the 16 yr outdated who was discovered with the loaded handgun.
The 15-year-old topic was remanded to a safe detention facility in one other county after being discovered to have an lively Dutchess County Household Court docket Juvenile Delinquent arrest warrant. They are going to face costs for felony possession of a weapon within the second diploma and felony possession of stolen property within the third diploma.
Because of the lack of beds in a safe youth detention facility in New York State, the remaining juveniles had been launched to their mother and father whereas Semaj Godfrey and Zayre Davis had been each remanded to the Dutchess County Jail. The injured officer was handled at an area hospital and later launched.
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