Lana Bellamy

lBellamy@th-record.com

CITY OF NEWBURGH - Newburgh city police said an 18-year-old Newburgh man was charged with felony weapon possession after he led officers on a foot chase Sunday near South Lander Street and Overlook Place.

Police patrolling in the Washington Heights area noticed a group of men standing on the corner of South Lander and Overlook about 9 a.m. Sunday, according to a news release from city police on Tuesday.

One of the men began to walk away while holding his waistband, police said.

When police tried to talk to him, he ran away, police said, and he threw an item, believed to be a handgun, over a fence.

A police officer and Explosive Detection K9 dog Dutch recovered a loaded .22-caliber revolver.

The man was later apprehended by police and identified as Savion L. Knight, who is on state parole for third-degree robbery.

Knight was charged with second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, a felony, and resisting arrest, a misdemeanor.

He was held on a violation of a parole warrant, according to the release.