GREENE – A Village of Greene gun shop owner was arrested Thursday and all his firearms seized after police charged him with aiming an assault rifle at an associate during an argument.

Greene Police Chief Steven Dutcher said his department arrested Wayne C. Cook Jr., 49, of 12 Water St., Thursday, after he allegedly pointed an AK-47 assault rifle at a man he was having a verbal dispute with from his back porch. Dutcher said Cook’s residence was also his place of business, Cook and Sons Fine Guns, and police seized 47 long guns, including the suspect AK-47.

He was charged with second degree menacing, arraigned in village court and then remanded to the Chenango County Correctional Facility in lieu of $20,000 cash bail. On the same night of his arrest, Cook posted the amount and is currently out on bail.

In the last two weeks the Greene Police, Chenango County Sheriff’s Office and the New York State Troopers responded to 13 different complaints regarding the residence, many over harassment and neighbor disputes, the chief explained.

“We knew tempers were rising and were afraid something like this could happen due to the availability of firepower in the residence,” said Dutcher.