ESOPUS – State Police in Highland arrested three people on charges that they possessed guns and illegal drugs. The arrests were made following an investigation and execution of a search warrant at an apartment on Route 9W in the Town of Esopus.
Arrested were Benjamin Chapman, 23, of Route 9W in West Point; Abraham Penn, 18, of Cleveland, Ohio; and Selene Shumate, 18, of Sandusky, Ohio. They were all charged with criminal possession of a weapon for possessing a revolver and criminal possession of stolen property. Chapman was also charged with possession of marijuana and another county of weapon possession.
Chapman is in the Ulster County Jail without bail. Penn and Shumate are held in lieu of $25,000 cash bail or $50,000 bond each.
