Kingston man charged with gun possession

NEWBURGH – City Police in Newburgh have charged a Kingston man with criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree for having a pistol.

Police conducted a traffic stop near 355 South William Street shortly after 1 a.m. on April 15. A female driver and two male passengers were in the car. None was from the Newburgh area and the vehicle had out-of-state plates.

Police searched the car and found a Sturm Ruger P-90 .45 caliber semi-automatic pistol with eight rounds of ammunition under the front passenger seat.

After questioning all three people, the front seat passenger, identified as Nicolas Golding, 26, of 1119 Elmwood Street in Kingston, told police the gun was his. He was charged with felony gun possession.

The other passenger, Andrew Saunders, 30, of the Bronx, was charged with false personation, a misdemeanor, for initially giving police a false name and date of birth.