Man Nabbed With Fully Automatic Submachine Gun, Police Say

A 22-year-old local man was arrested for criminal possession of a weapon following an investigation into an earlier incident in which a submachine gun was seized.

A Poughkeepsie man was nabbed with a fully automatic submachine gun and ammo.
Photo Credit: *City of Poughkeepsie Police*

Kathy Reakes

08/08/2019 2:19 p.m.

According to the City of Poughkeepsie Police, on Thursday, July 10, members of the police department responded to 13 Duane St, for a dispute, and report of a person in possession of a gun, City of Poughkeepsie Police Sgt. Terrence Beam said.

A search warrant was later executed at the home where police found a fully automatic, Sten Mark II submachine gun, along with two loaded magazines and ammunition, Beam said.

On Wednesday, Aug. 7, in a joint operation with the U.S. Marshals Service, the ATF, the Poughkeepsie Neighborhood Recovery Unit, arrested Yves J. Vinson on a felony warrant charging him with criminal possession of a weapon.

Vinson was processed and later arraigned in city court, where he was remanded to the Dutchess County Jail, in lieu of $30,000 cash bail/ $60,000 bond, Beam said.

Community members with information regarding drug dealing or suspicious activity in their neighborhood are encouraged to contact the City of Poughkeepsie Police Department Neighborhood Recovery Unit at 845-451-4060.

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