Drinking Man Indicted for Red Hook Shootout
JAY STREET — A man who shot at police on Mill Street in Red Hook earlier this month has been indicted by a Brooklyn grand jury.
Kings County District Attorney Charles J. Hynes announced the indictment of Clifford Ashby for allegedly opening fire on police officer Giovanni Fini and police officer Christopher Nieves on April 7.
Ashby, 31, is charged with two counts of attempted aggravated assault upon a police officer, two counts of menacing of a police officer, two counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree and one count of criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree. If convicted, he could face 15 years in prison.