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Deshawn Smalls, 27, and Justin Patterson, 31, both of Peekskill, were arrested after Westchester County Police and state police responded to Main Street in the town of Cortlandt around 8:20 p.m. Wednesday for a report of menacing with a firearm, said Trooper AJ Hicks, spokesman for the State Police.
Using information obtained from the victims, Westchester County Police located the suspect vehicle on East Main Street and arrested Smalls. The second suspect later identified as Patterson, fled the area and was located hiding in a wooded area north of the suspect vehicle.
Troopers took Patterson into custody without further incident. Patterson initially provided a false identity and documentation, in an attempt to avoid association with an active drug sale warrant for his arrest. An investigation found the men to be in possession of a Makarov pistol which Patterson allegedly used to threaten four victims.
Smalls was charged with felony criminal possession of a firearm. Patterson was charged with felony criminal possession of a firearm, falsifying business records, four counts of menacing, resisting arrest, possession of a forged instrument false personation.
Both men were arraigned before the town of Cortlandt Court and remanded to the Westchester County Jail with a return appearance date of Feb, 7.
Smalls was remanded in lieu of $20,000 cash bail or secure bond, and Patterson was remanded in lieu of $50,000 cash bail or $100,000 secure bond.
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