AMSTERDAM, N.Y. ( NEWS10 ) — Police arrested an Amsterdam man on Sunday after a firearm investigation. Isaiah Kahn, 21, is facing several felony charges.
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On May 4, Amsterdam Police received reports that someone had brandished a gun toward another person around 12:50 p.m. on Glen Avenue. Police learned that the suspect had also allegedly slashed the tires of the victim’s car before fleeing the area in another vehicle.
Patrol officers later pulled over a car matching the description of the suspect’s vehicle on Union Street. The driver, identified as Kahn, was reportedly found to have a loaded handgun as well as a quantities of a synthetic prescription medication and cash within the car. He was taken into custody at the scene.
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During the ensuing investigation, detectives learned that Kahn had another pistol at his home which officers later recovered from the house, along with more of the synthetic prescription drug and a high capacity ammunition device. Police stated that the gun found at Kahn’s home had previously been reported stolen out of Georgia. Kahn now faces the following charges:
- Two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon
- Third-degree criminal possession of a weapon
- Fifth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance
- Fourth-degree criminal possession of stolen property
- Second-degree menacing
- Seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance
- Fourth-degree criminal mischief
Kahn was arraigned before Judge Lisa Lorman in Amsterdam City Court following his arrest. He was then held at the Montgomery County Jail on $10,000 cash bail, $20,000 bond or $100,000 partially secured bond.
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