Crime & Safety

Man Caught With Gravity Knife, Metal Knuckle: Police

BREAKING: He was caught with the weapons on Friday, police said.

FLANDERS, NY — A Riverside man was caught with a gravity knife and a metal knuckle, police said.

According to Southampton Town Police, Eddie Buckley, 61, was arrested Friday at 11:52 p.m. at the intersection of County Road 104 and Pine Street in Flanders and charged with two counts of fourth degree criminal possession of a weapon, a misdemeanor.

Buckley was a passenger in a vehicle that was stopped for traffic infractions and subsequent investigation revealed that he was in possession of the weapons, police said.

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He was arrested, transported to police headquarters for processing, and held for morning arraignment, police said.

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