WAWAYANDA — A 49-year-old Highland Mills man was arrested following a road rage incident in which he allegedly pointed a handgun at another motorist.
The Orange County Sheriff’s Office and New York State Police received a report of the road rage incident on State Route 17M at approximately 10:15 a.m. Aug. 21.
After a few-mile-long road rage incident, the victim, a 29-year-old New Jersey resident, reported to deputies that the suspect, Marckensy Louissaint, drove up alongside him and pointed a black handgun at him.
Deputies located Louissaint at his place of employment in the Town of Wawayanda and recovered a black Glock 23 from him.
Louissaint was charged with one count of menacing in the second degree, a class A misdemeanor.
He was arraigned at the Town of Wawayanda court and released on his own recognizance to return to court at a later date.
