2 Charged After Gun Incident At Vernon Apartment

VERNON, CT — A gun incident in Vernon Tuesday night left two people with charges.

At 8:20 p.m. Tuesday, Vernon police officers responded to 30 Parkwest Drive after receiving a report about a man waving a gun outside an apartment.

According to a police report, a woman met police on the property and identified the man as 22-year-old Marion Crosby, who was then inside the dwelling. The woman told police Crosby had initially prevented her her from leaving the apartment while threatening her with a gun.

Officers were able to convince Crosby to come out of the apartment and he was taken into custody without further incident, according to a report.

A second man, identified as 27-year-old Joel Garcia, was also taken into custody, police said.

A gun was later recovered, police said.

Crosby has been charged with the violation of a restraining order, second-degree breach of peace, risk of injury to a child, unlawful restraint, criminal possession of a firearm, criminal possession of ammunition, second-degree
threatening and interfering with an officer. Crosby was held overnight on a $100,000 bond and was to be arraigned Wednesday in Rockville Superior Court.

Garcia has been charged with interfering with an officer, tampering with evidence, negligent
storage of a firearm, and conspiracy to criminally possess a firearm. Garcia was also held overnight on
a $50,000 bond and was also set to appear in court Wednesday.

Police Wednesday continued to investigate the case and are asking anyone with information about the incident to call then at 860-872-9126.