Road Rage Turns Dangerous: Missouri Man Arrested with Illegal Gun on Palisades Parkway

Yisroel R.

A Missouri resident was arrested and charged with multiple felony weapon offenses following a road rage incident Monday afternoon on the Palisades Interstate Parkway in Clarkstown.

New York State Police responded to the Palisades Parkway southbound near Exit 9 in Clarkstown shortly before 2 p.m. after receiving reports of a road rage dispute.

During the investigation, police said a 37-year-old man from Chesterfield, Missouri, was found with the illegal possession of a Glock 19 handgun along with a loaded high-capacity magazine.

The man was charged with second-degree criminal possession of a weapon and third-degree criminal possession of a weapon.

The suspect was arraigned in Clarkstown Town Court and remanded to the Rockland County Jail.