Man charged with having illegal gun during Amsterdam fight

Amsterdam Police have an 18-year-old man in custody for allegedly having an illegal handgun during a fight in the city.

Jayden Aguiar-Mawyin is charged with criminal possession of a weapon and obstruction of governmental administration.

Aguiar-Mawyin was involved in a physical fight with a group of people at the end of April. That led to an assault.

When officers got to the scene, they said they had to chase Aguiar-Mawyin down along with three juveniles.

Those three juveniles were also arrested.

Aguiar-Mawyin was sent to the Montgomery County Jail.