NYC off-duty Deputy Sheriff arrested for menacing , weapon charges: NYPD

NEW YORK (PIX11) — An off-duty city employee was arrested Saturday morning for menacing and criminal possession of a weapon, according to the NYPD.

Officers from the 34 precinct arrested Mackenson Vil, a 38-year-old city employee, at 3:22 a.m. According to open records, Vil is a Deputy Sheriff who has also worked as a special officer with the department since 2021.

Vil is facing the following charges:

• Criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree
• Menacing in the second-degree

It remains unclear what may have led to the arrest. Other details were not made available.

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