Trooper Mark Cepiel, public information officer for Troop G of the New York State Police, based in Latham, said Ken Cormier was pulled over on Route 149 in Fort Anne in the early morning hours of Oct. 3, after he was observed repeatedly crossing into the oncoming lane of traffic. Cepiel said Cormier was the sole occupant of his vehicle and consented to a search, whereupon troopers found a “gold skull cane sword.” Sword canes are specifically banned under New York state law, as are any “electronic dart gun, electronic stun gun, gravity knife, switchblade knife, pilum ballistic knife, metal knuckle knife . . . billy, blackjack, bludgeon, plastic knuckles, metal knuckles, chuka stick, sand bag, sandclub, wrist-brace type slingshot or slungshot, shirken or ‘Kung Fu star.’” Cormier, owner-operator of All Occasion Transportation, is due to appear next week in Fort Anne criminal court on a misdemeanor charge of criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree. The charge carries a potential maximum of a year in jail. He said he intends to contest the charge.
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