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Reports of revolver at Kingston motel turns out to be pellet gun: police

Kingston police responded to a local motel after reports of someone with a revolver. It turns out the weapon was a pellet gun, police say. Global Kingston

A Kingston man is facing nine charges after Kingston police were called to a local motel.

Police were called to the west end of the city around 3 a.m. Wednesday morning to respond to reports of a man brandishing what looked like a revolver as he approached a motel room.

According to a police news release, someone inside the motel room tried to keep the man out, but he allegedly forced his way in.

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When police arrived, they found a woman inside the room and the man was locked in the motel room’s bathroom, naked. Police say he was not holding a revolver.

After the man was arrested, police say they found out he was allegedly breaching numerous undertakings and probation conditions including curfew.

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An officer searched the room and found the firearm which police said turned out to be a pellet gun. Police said they also found brass knuckles, and two small bags of what police believe to be cocaine and crystal meth in the suspect’s shoes.

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The 46-year-old Kingston man was charged with possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, carrying a concealed weapon, two counts of possession of a controlled substance, two counts of breach undertaking and three counts of breach probation.

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