This is an update on the incident that occured on friday on my block.
Police: Man arrested in standoff is former cop
Former K-9 officer resigned in February
11:59 PM, Apr. 2, 2012 |
MAHOPAC — A distraught man who barricaded himself inside his home during a brief standoff with police last week is a former Brewster and Yonkers police officer who resigned from the village police force in February.
Pat Frezza, 50, kept Carmel police at bay at his Wayacross Road home for about 45 minutes Friday before surrendering, police said. He was treated at Putnam Hospital Center and is now being held in the county jail without bail.
Frezza has made news over the years for his work as a K-9 officer, first in Yonkers, where he had a long career, then in Brewster, where he worked with a German shepherd name Cezar until the dog’s death at age 8 last year.
Frezza is accused of firing several rounds from a .45-caliber pistol inside his home on Friday. No one was injured.
He was charged that night with three counts of first-degree reckless endangerment, a felony, three counts of second-degree menacing, a misdemeanor, and one of child endangerment, Carmel Police Chief Michael Johnson said. He’s due in Town Court on April 10.
Frezza resigned from the Brewster force on Feb. 24, three weeks after the department introduced his new K-9 partner, a German shepherd named Cobra, at a news conference.
Brewster Police Chief John Del Gardo said Frezza resigned for what he described as personal reasons but declined further comment.
Police surrounded Frezza’s home and evacuated several neighboring homes Friday morning after his wife called to report that he was emotionally distraught and had fired several rounds inside the home after they argued.
His wife fled the home with her children. Members of the county Emergency Response Team arrived about 8 a.m. Carmel Police Officers Thomas Raffaele and Richard Rosario, who are trained negotiators, persuaded Frezza to surrender about 8:45 a.m.
Del Gardo, the Brewster police chief, said he would confer with officials at K9-1 Specialized Dog Training in Cortlandt — which donated Cobra — to decide on the dog’s future.
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