On September 3, 2026, New York State Police at Hawthorne responded to the Sprain Brook Parkway near mile marker 1.9 in the City of Yonkers for a report of a possible menacing incident involving a firearm.
An extensive investigation by the New York State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) at Hawthorne revealed that Gregory A. Thomas, 47, of Elmsford, New York, displayed a handgun during a road rage incident.
On October 29, 2026, Thomas was arrested and charged with Menacing in the Second Degree, a class A misdemeanor, and two counts of Endangering the Welfare of a Child, both class A misdemeanors.
Thomas was arraigned in the City of Yonkers Court and released on his own recognizance. He is scheduled to return to court on November 16, 2026.
The New York State Police thank the Westchester Real Time Crime Center (RTC) and the Yonkers Police Department AWARE Crime Control Center for their assistance in this investigation