Members of the New York State  Police arrested Jose J. Gonzalez, age 45 of 42 Bennett Rd. in the Town  of Windsor after a domestic dispute at his residence yesterday.  They charged him with two counts of Menacing in the Second Degree, two  counts of Endangering the Welfare of a Child, and one count of Criminal  Possession of a Weapon in the Fourth Degree – all Misdemeanors.

Police responded to the residence  at 4:00 p.m. and learned that Gonzalez had threatened two people with  a .22 caliber rifle during the dispute. As troopers closed off Bennett Road and secured the  scene, a neighbor told responding troopers he heard what he believed  to be a single gunshot. All attempts by State Police Crisis Negotiators  to talk with him met with negative results.

Members of the New York  State Police Special Operations Response Team searched the residence  with a robot and cameras, but were unable to locate him. Just after  11:00 p.m., they entered the residence and located Gonzalez hiding in  a bedroom closet. They took him into custody without incident and recovered  the rifle at the scene.

Troopers arraigned Gonzalez in the Town of Windsor  Court, where he was remanded to the Broome County Jail in lieu of $5,000 bail.