Brass knuckles, gun, found in car

Staff report

YOUNGSTOWN

Police found a loaded .38-caliber revolver, brass knuckles, pills and suspected marijuana inside the car of a man they arrested Wednesday after a disturbance about 5:55 p.m. on Youngstown- Poland Road.

Adam Giesey, 32, of Campbell, is in the Mahoning County jail on charges of improper handling of a firearm, possession of drugs and possession of marijuana.

Officers were called to the 400 block of Youngstown-Poland Road on the South Side for a disturbance. When they arrived, a man there told them Giesey had made an obscene gesture toward him at a nearby gas station and pointed a gun at him.

Giesey was in a car but was turned in such a way he was shielding something, reports said. When police got to the car, they saw Giesey had a pair of brass knuckles on his hand.

Officers ordered him out of the car, and when he got out, they found a .38-caliber revolver in a holster behind the passenger’s seat. They also found suspected marijuana in the vehicle.

The gun was reported stolen out of Boardman earlier this year, a records check showed. Reports said Giesey admitted the gun was his and said he needed it for protection because he has been robbed before. A municipal court judge set his bond at $25,000 during his arraignment Thursday.