Police: Utica Apartment Building Employee Menaced Tenant

An employee at Utica apartment complex is facing charges that he menaced a building tenant with a knife.

Utica Police say the incident happened at the Michael Walsh Apartments on Gray Ave. According to the complaint, the resident was involved in a verbal argument with the employee, David Zurek. When the tenant went to notify building administration, police the 45-year-old Zurek is alleged to have brandished a knife and pointed it at the victim.

Zurek has been changed with menacing, along with criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree.

[AUTHOR'S NOTE: This post is for informational purposes and is based largely on information received from the Utica Police Department. All arrested persons are innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law. At the time of this posting no additional information is available.]

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In fact, there is a misconception surrounding most of the following weapons. Many people think of them as illegal, and result in an arrest simply for having them in your possession. But, as explained below, each of the following can be used to protect you from a violent or deadly attack, and are perfectly legal to carry in most circumstances in New York State.

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Short of being licensed to carry a concealed firearm, there are several very viable and possibly deadly weapons that New Yorkers are allowed to carry in public for the purpose of self defense.

In fact, there is a misconception surrounding most of the following weapons.