Crime & Safety
Man Charged With Criminal Gun Possession on North Haven
A .45 caliber pistol was retrieved.
Southampton Town police arrested a North Haven man on a gun possession charge after a 911 caller reported screaming early Saturday morning.
Police said the call came from a neighbor, at 1:21 a.m.. The officer who responded to investigate heard screams coming from 48-year-old Conrad E. Sump's bedroom window — and spotted a loaded .45 caliber pistol on Sump's bed.
Sump was directed to exit his house, and he did, police said. He was taken into custody without further incident.
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Police said Sump was alone, and they could not ascertain the reason for the screaming.
He did not have a permit for the handgun, and was charged with criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, a misdemeanor.
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