POUGHKEEPSIE – A 54-year-old man is facing felony charges after City of Poughkeepsie police responded to a report of a man armed with a gun near South Hamilton and Church Streets just after 1 p.m. on Tuesday. Valentino McFarlane has been charged with the felonies of criminal possession of a weapon and criminal possession of a controlled substance.
According to the police, officers responded to the area on Tuesday and saw McFarlane, who matched the provided description. When the cops searched him, they recovered a loaded Glock handgun with a defaced serial number and an unspecified amount of narcotics.
McFarlane was recently detained as part of a Neighborhood Recovery Unit investigation into narcotics distribution. On Tuesday, he was processed at police headquarters and held pending arraignment.
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