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Shortly after 1 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 15, two officers from the Red Hook Police Department responded to the area of Princeton Street and Columbia Avenue for a property dispute.
During the investigation, while the Red Hook officers were speaking with Keith M. Potik, 26, of Wappinger, he produced a handgun and fired multiple shots at the officers, according to state police.
Red Hook Police returned fire in response to the suspect’s actions. During the exchange of gunfire, Potik's dog was killed. However, Potik and the officers were not injured. Potik then fled on foot, state police said. He was apprehended by police while running through the yard of a home on Albie Road.
Multiple Police agencies responded including the state police, the Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office, the New York State Forest Rangers, and additional Red Hook Police Department members.
Potik was charged with two counts of first-degree attempted murder, Both Class A-I felonies, and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, a Class C felony.
Potik was arraigned before the town of Rhinebeck Court, and remanded to the Dutchess County Jail without bail.
Potik is next scheduled reappear in court on Thursday, Nov. 21.
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