An appeals court has upheld a county judge’s decision to rescind an upstate man’s pistol permit after he was arrested for displaying the loaded handgun as he argued with a neighbor.
Though Rocco DeAngelo was ultimately acquitted of second-degree menacing in connection with his running feud with the neighbors, an Appellate Division, Third Department, panel said in DeAngelo v. Burns, 517549, that Otsego County Court Judge Brian Burns (See Profile) is “vested with broad discretion” when determining if pistol holders should be allowed to retain their permits.
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