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At approximately 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 16, troopers in Columbia County responded to Route 9G in Greenport for a report of a road-rage incident involving a handgun near the roundabout intersection east of the Rip Van Winkle Bridge.
It is alleged Dutchess County resident Paul Artis, 31, of Tivoli, engaged in the incident with another vehicle, and menaced the occupants with the BB gun.
Artis was charged with second-degree menacing, a Class A misdemeanor.
He was arraigned virtually before the town of Livingston Court, and released on his own recognizance.
He is next scheduled to appear before the town of Greenport Court on Monday, Sept. 21.
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