POUGHKEEPSIE – A 23-year-old Poughkeepsie man has been arrested on felony gun charges after police responded to a complaint of menacing Saturday morning on Hooker Avenue. City of Poughkeepsie Police responded to the call at approximately 10:14 a.m. and identified Angelo Lavin-Balmori as the suspect in the complaint.
Shortly after taking the complaint, police located Lavin-Balmori and detained him while a search warrant was obtained. With the warrant, police recovered a loaded 9mm ghost gun, equipped with an auto-sear device, making the weapon capable of firing in a fully automatic mode.
Lavin-Balmori was charged with three felony counts of criminal possession of a weapon, processed, and held for arraignment.
