SAUGERTIES – The Ulster County Sheriff’s Office has charged a West Shokan man with illegally possession a shotgun after he pointed it at a motorist.

Police said Kirk Carney, 48, of 96 Broadhead Road in West Shokan was involved in a verbal dispute with another man while stopped next to one another at a traffic light at Route 212 and Kings Highway. Carney allegedly pointed the weapon at the other man.

The light turned green ant Carney sped off.

Deputies up with him moments later and found the weapon on the seat next to him along with a cooler of open alcoholic beverages.

Carney was found to be intoxicated and his driver’s license was revoked. He had valid court orders against him ordering him not to possess weapons.

He was arrested and charged criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, criminal contempt in the first degree, DWI, aggravated unlicensed operation in the first degree as a felony, menacing in the second degree as a misdemeanor, and the infractions of open container, unsafe starting, and improper turning.

Carney was arraigned in Saugerties Town Court and remanded to the Ulster County Jail on $15,000 bail.

Further charges are being investigated by the state Department of Environmental Conservation.