Crime & Safety
Cops: Man Arrested With Loaded Gun in Car
Riverhead man arrested on Ole Jule Lane Sunday evening.
Following what police called a report of a "man causing a disturbance at a Mattituck residence," a Riverhead man was arrested with a loaded gun and marijuana in his car, police said.
According to police, 28-year-old Walter Mason IV had a .40 caliber hand gun while driving down Ole Jule Lane around 6 p.m. on Sunday.
Police did not provide details of the disturbance Mason was reported to have caused, though he was charged with criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, a felony which, per state penal code, is enforced when someone "possesses a machine-gun or loaded firearm with intent to use the same unlawfully against another."
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Mason was arrested, transported to police headquarters and held for arraignment.
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