Jerome Park: Man Arrested After Being Spotted by Police Tossing Weapon

By DAVID GREENE

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Officers from the 52nd precinct who were on routine patrol on Thursday arrested a man who they say tossed a weapon near the corner of Morris Avenue and Jerome Avenue in the Jerome Park neighborhood.

The man was apprehended at 10:15 p.m. on Thursday, July 1, at the intersection of Jerome Avenue and Morris Avenue after a short pursuit from 198th Street and Jerome Avenue. Officials say a 9mm handgun was recovered at the scene. Police charged Javon Holland, 21, of Binghampton, N.Y., with criminal possession of a weapon.

A person arrested and accused of a crime is innocent unless and until convicted in a court of law.

Anyone with information with regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or on Twitter @NYPDTips.

All calls are strictly confidential.

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