Man Arrested on Gun Charges After New London Bar Fight

Police arrested a man on a weapons charges after a bar fight in New London.

Officers responded to the Y-Knot Cafe at about 1:53 a.m. after a fight broke out there and spilled out onto the street. Police broke it up, but as they tried to get the crowd to disperse, Arsenio Dudley, 25, of Uncasville, refused to comply and kept yelling in the street, police said.

He told police he was the secretary of the motorcycle club called CEO. Fellow club members tried to walk him away from the scene, but he kept yelling and came back to the area of the fight, police said.

As officers were searching him as part of his arrest, police found a Sig Sauer .380 caliber handgun on him, police said. Investigators determined the gun had been reported stolen in 2012.

Police charged Dudley with criminal possession of a firearm, possession of a stolen firearm and disorderly conduct.

Officers released him from custody after he posted a $100,000 bond.

Dudley is scheduled to appear in court on Nov. 27.

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