Shrub Oak Man Arrested After Resisting Arrest, Trying to Grab Officer's Gun

Yorktown, NY — A 21-year-old man on probation was arrested June 30 on multiple charges, including possessing a weapon and resisting arrest.

Yorktown police said Sean Deleon, 21, of Shrub Oak, was taken into custody after officers from the Westchester County Department of Probation went to his residence June 22 to arrest him for, what they said was, a probation violation.

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When the probation officers got to Deleon’s home, he was found hiding in the attic and, police said, he jumped onto one of the officers, resisted arrest and fled out of the house on foot.

Police said they were able to get ahold of him outside of the house where he continued to resist and tried to remove an officer’s pistol from its holster.

Deleon was not successful and was taken into custody.

Yorktown police obtained an arrest warrant for Deleon for the incident, and on June 30, he was produced at the Yorktown Justice Court and arrested by Yorktown police.

Deleon was subsequently processed, arraigned and sent to Westchester County Jail without bail.

The charges that Deleon faces are as follows:

• Second-degree attempted criminal possession of a weapon, a felony.
• Resisting arrest, a misdemeanor.
• Obstructing governmental administration, a misdemeanor.
• Third-degree attempted assault, a misdemeanor.
• Second-degree harassment, a violation.