NEWBURGH – A City of Newburgh man was arrested early Monday morning after police responded to a report of shots being fired in the area of the Hummingbird Restaurant at 57 Carpenter Avenue.
Responding officers stopped several cars leaving the scene, but those people reported hearing shots although none was in possession of any weapon.
Officers were in the area of 263 First Street looking for witnesses and suspects when they approached a man later identified as Damali Reynolds, 30, of Newburgh and Officer Carlo Canario spotted a wooden pistol handle protruding from his rear pants pocket. Reynolds was taken into custody without incident.
The recovered gun was an unloaded revolver. It was reported stolen from a residence in Wurtsboro in April 2009. There were no projectiles or shell casings recovered in the area and there were no reports of injuries during the incident.
Reynolds was charged with felony criminal possession of a firearm and criminal possession of stolen property as well as unlawful possession of marijuana.
