Man With Rifle, Several Pistols Arrested At Chili's In Ramsey: Police

A Louisiana man was arrested after he allegedly told a patron at Chili’s Tuesday he had several weapons in his pickup and that he threatened to use them, Ramsey police said.

Several Ramsey police officers went to the restaurant on Route 17 North at 10:49 p.m. after Joseph T. Zych, 38, allegedly told another customer about the weapons in his truck, said Chief Bryan Gurney.

Police found Zych outside the restaurant near his 2001 Dodge Ram pickup under the influence of alcohol, Gurney said.

After obtaining a search warrant, police found several weapons in the vehicle, including: A Taurus .44-caliber handgun, two speed loaders with .44 magnum hollow-point bullets, two Browning Arms 9mm pistols with numerous hollow-point bullets, an AR-15 rifle, two knives, which Zych had illegally, and a pair of handcuffs, police said.

Zych, of Duson, LA. was charged with two counts of possession of a handgun, possession of an assault rifle, possession of a loaded rifle, possession of hollow-point bullets, possession of a weapon, three counts of possession of high-capacity magazines, possession of handcuffs, and terroristic threats, Gurney said.

Zych was remanded to the Bergen County Jail in lieu of $50,000 bail with no 10 percent option.

(Pictured: Joseph T. Zych, 38/Courtesy of Ramsey Police Department)