Former County Worker Charged After Shooting Nail Gun at Coworker
A former Putnam County Highway Department worker was arrested and charged with two misdemeanors after he allegedly tried to shoot a coworker with a nail gun at Tilly Foster Farm, according to the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office. Santino Pietrosanti of Mahopac, resigned from his maintenance/carpenter position on Jan. 22, two days after the incident on the farm took place.
Pietrosanti and the complainant both started arguing over the use of a ladder at the location when Pietrosanti allegedly picked up a nail gun and fired several 3-inch nails in the direction of his co-worker, but didn’t hit him. One nail almost hit the complainant in the head, according to authorities. An eyewitness apparently corroborated the accuser’s account of the incident, according to the sheriff’s department.
Before a sheriff deputy arrived, Pietrosanti was relieved of his duties by the supervisor on site and reported to the Highway Department in Patterson. He was arrested there and charged with menacing in the second degree and reckless endangerment in the second degree, both misdemeanors.
Pietrosanti was arraigned before Town of Kent Justice Kevin Douchkoff on behalf the Town of Southeast and released on his own recognizance pending another court date. A temporary order of protection against Pietrosanti was filed on behalf of the complainant.
