POUGHKEEPSIE – City of Poughkeepsie police responded to several calls of a man with a shotgun in the vicinity of Smith and Cottage Streets on Tuesday.
Responding officers located a man matching the description of the suspect given by the callers behind the Island Hut store at the corner of Smith and Cottage. Scott Daniele, 35, was taken into custody without incident. Daniele was found to be in violation of an existing order of protection which required him to surrender his firearms. He was charged with the misdemeanor of criminal contempt for the shotgun possession, processed, and issued an appearance ticket for a future court appearance.
Officers were seen taking the subject into custody while detectives and officers interviewed the clerk at the store. Initial accounts say that the subject and the clerk were arguing, the subject left the store, and returned with a shotgun. No weapons were discharged and the subject fled the store. Police recovered the firearm in the store. The clerk was uncooperative with police and no additional charges were filed against Daniele.
