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Woman Wielding Weapon In City Streets
posted (August 15, 2011)
A 27 year old woman, Kimberly Oshon, an unemployed of a Fuller's Alley address who was allegedly brandishing a firearm on a city street this weekend was arraigned in court today.

Police say she threw the firearm over a fence on Cemetery Road, and today in court she was charged with Kept Firearm and Ammunition without a gun license when she appeared today in the #4 Magistrate's Court.

Oshon pleaded not guilty to the charges. Magistrate Roberto Ordonez explained to her that the court cannot offer her bail because of the nature of the offences. He remanded her into custody until September 20.

The incident occurred around 9:20pm on Friday August 12th. According to reports, a gunshot was heard and shortly afterwards a woman was seen with a firearm in her hand pursuing a man on Cemetery Road. A concerned citizen stopped a police vehicle on Cemetery Road and when the woman saw the police vehicle she allegedly threw the firearm over a fence.

The police reported that when they detained the woman she took them to where she threw the firearm. When police retrieved the firearm it was a .38 revolver with 3 rounds of ammunition.

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