Man arrested after firing gun on Walnut Street

By Tom Nash A man who allegedly shot out an SUV window early Christmas morning was arrested just moments later by police responding to a domestic dispute at the same address. Officer James Radochia stated in a police report he and Officer Jose Ramirez were responding to a domestic dispute at 31 Walnut St. around 3 a.m. Dec. 25 when they heard a shot fired outside as they were waiting to be let into the apartment complex.

As the officers checked behind the building, they saw 31 Walnut resident Freddie Caradine throw away a gun and walk toward them, according to the report. After initially refusing to stop, Caradine was handcuffed.

Radochia found a 9 mm handgun in the bushes near a parked SUV with a shattered window. Officers later found a bullet hole in the vehicle and a spent shell casing on the ground.

Caradine, 49, was taken into custody and charged with unlawful possession of a firearm and discharge of a firearm within 500 ft. of a building.