Man On Reservation Threatens To Shoot Troopers: Cops

SOUTHAMPTON, NY — A resident of the Shinnecock Reservation was arrested after he was found with illegal firearms — and threatened to shoot a trooper, police said.

According to New York State Police, on Sunday, July 29, troopers from New York State Police Barracks Riverside patrolled on Old Point Road on the reservation to serve Julian Pellecier, 40, with a criminal summons.

Pellecier confronted the troopers and threatened to shoot them if they returned, police said.

As a result of an ongoing investigation, on Friday, New York State Police Barracks Riverside, uniform Troop L narcotics enforcement unit and gun investigation unit arrested Pellecier in Southampton after a traffic stop based on the investigation, police said.

A search warrant was executed on Pellecier's Old Point Rd. residence on the reservation, where police found a loaded .45 caliber pistol that had been reported stolen, a Remington 12-gauge shotgun, marijuana, concentrated cannabis oil, and 36 marijuana plants, police said.

Pellecier was arrested and will be charged with making a terroristic threat, a felony; second degree criminal possession of a weapon, loaded firearm, a felony; third degree criminal possession of a weapon, shotgun, convicted felon, a felony; fifth degree criminal possession of stolen property, stolen firearm, a felony; fifth degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, concentrated cannabis, intent to sell, a felony; and fifth degree criminal possession of marijuana, a misdemeanor, police said.

He was held at the Southampton Police Department overnight until his arraignment at Southampton Justice Court, police said.

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