HAVERSTRAW – A 20-year-old Haverstraw man who nearly caused an accident when he walked across Route 9W in Haverstraw late at night on Saturday, August 15, is in the Rockland County Jail on bail after he was found in possession of a loaded gun.
After the 11:50 p.m. incident on the road, a police patrol car stopped to talk to the man, later identified as Rinoe Mitchell, who ran from the officers. During the ensuing apprehension, he became combative with Haverstraw Police and resisted arrest causing an injury to one of the officers.
Following the arrest, he was found in possession of a loaded firearm.
Mitchell was charged with three counts of criminal possession of a weapon for possessing the gun, and ammunition feeding device, and criminal possession of a firearm. He was also charged with obstructing governmental administration and assault.
Haverstraw Police were assisted in the investigation by the Rockland County Sheriff’s Office Bureau of Criminal Investigation.
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