Post by WaTcHeR on Apr 27, 2006 14:09:28 GMT -5
04/26/2006 - Cornwall - A Town of Fallsburg police officer was charged with menacing yesterday after allegedly waving a pistol at a truck he'd been trying to pass.
Town of Cornwall police said another driver saw the drama unfold in front of him and dialed 911.
Police said Officer Todd Pezzementi, 34, of Stony Point, was headed east in his car on Orrs Mills Road yesterday morning when he repeatedly tried to pass a truck owned by Cornwall Coal and Supply Co. and driven by Eugene Conley Jr. of Cornwall.
A driver behind Pezzementi, Joseph Swanson of Mountainville, told police Pezzementi was trying to pass in areas where there were double yellow lines and curves, creating a potential hazard.
Police said as Conley pulled his truck to the right to make a sharp left-hand turn on Station Road, Pezzementi rode past him, waving a .40-caliber Glock pistol.
Town of Highlands police stopped Pezzementi on Route 9W a short time later.
Cornwall police Chief Russell O'Dell said Pezzementi claimed Conley waved a baseball bat at him, but police found no bat in Conley's truck or elsewhere.
Pezzementi was charged with second-degree menacing, a misdemeanor, and released on his own recognizance to appear May 3 in Town Court.
Fallsburg police Chief Angel Laboy said his department is investigating.
Town of Cornwall police said another driver saw the drama unfold in front of him and dialed 911.
Police said Officer Todd Pezzementi, 34, of Stony Point, was headed east in his car on Orrs Mills Road yesterday morning when he repeatedly tried to pass a truck owned by Cornwall Coal and Supply Co. and driven by Eugene Conley Jr. of Cornwall.
A driver behind Pezzementi, Joseph Swanson of Mountainville, told police Pezzementi was trying to pass in areas where there were double yellow lines and curves, creating a potential hazard.
Police said as Conley pulled his truck to the right to make a sharp left-hand turn on Station Road, Pezzementi rode past him, waving a .40-caliber Glock pistol.
Town of Highlands police stopped Pezzementi on Route 9W a short time later.
Cornwall police Chief Russell O'Dell said Pezzementi claimed Conley waved a baseball bat at him, but police found no bat in Conley's truck or elsewhere.
Pezzementi was charged with second-degree menacing, a misdemeanor, and released on his own recognizance to appear May 3 in Town Court.
Fallsburg police Chief Angel Laboy said his department is investigating.