Wawayanda, NY- Orange County Sheriff’s Office arrested a 49-year-old Highland Mills man following a road-rage incident in the Town of Wawayanda.
On August 21st, 2025, at approximately 10:15 AM, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office and New York State Police received a report of a road rage incident on State Route 17M in the Town of Wawayanda. After a few mile-long road rage incident between the victim and suspect, the victim, a 29-year-old New Jersey resident,
reported to deputies that the suspect, Marckensy Louissaint, drove up alongside him and pointed a black handgun at him.
Deputies quickly began investigating the incident. They located Louissaint at his place of employment in the Town of Wawayanda and recovered a black Glock 23 from him.
As a result of the investigation, Louissaint was charged with (1) one count of Menacing in the second degree, a class A misdemeanor. He was arraigned at the Town of Wawayanda court and released on his own recognizance to return to court at a later date.
Sheriff Arteta spoke on the incident, saying, “Road rage incidents create a dangerous situation. We have seen repeatedly how these can quickly escalate from aggressive driving into something far more dangerous. The Orange County Sheriff’s Office takes these incidents seriously and holds individuals accountable for putting other people’s lives at risk and/or placing them in fear.”
A criminal charge is merely an allegation by the police that a defendant has committed a violation of the criminal law, and it is not evidence of guilt. All defendants are presumed innocent and entitled to a fair trial, during which it will be the State of New York’s burden to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
