Kitson
WHITE PLAINS – A Mount Vernon Police officer pled guilty to prohibited use of weapons as a misdemeanor.
Orville Kitson surrendered to the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office on Friday, was arraigned and sentenced to a one-year conditional discharge.
The charge stems from an incident that occurred on June 12, 2016 at around 4 a.m. when Kitson fired his police service weapon on a residential street in Mount Vernon. He was off duty when he fired two .45 caliber rounds from his police gun, a semi-automatic pistol.
Authorities said the firing of the weapon was not necessary, was not in self-defense, and was not in the discharge of an official duty.
No one was injured.
