Neighbor pins down chainsaw-wielding man in clown mask, footage shows

Man wearing clown mask, carrying chainsaw arrested in Cohoes

A man police said who was wearing a clown mask and wielding a chainsaw was a tackled by a resident of a Cohoes neighborhood last week.

Clown down: Chainsaw-wielder in mask tackled, arrested in Cohoes

Police were called in after an individual confronted the defendant for allegedly appearing to peep into vehicles.

Neighbor pins down chainsaw-wielding man in clown mask, footage shows

COHOES, NY (WTEN) – A New York man helped pin down another man in a clown mask who was carrying an electric chainsaw down a street in the city of Cohoes on Thursday. “I was walking my mom out to the car," said local resident Natalie Gwinn. "She was going to pick up my daughter from school, and I saw a dude in a blue sports jersey in a clown mask walking down the street. It was a little weird, but I kind of rolled my eyes and ignored it." A New Y…

Neighbor pins man in clown mask, carrying chainsaw

COHOES, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- People in the Capital Region are used to seeing movies filmed around here, but what happened in one local city was a horror movie scene that came to life. One brave citizen helped save the day before police arrested a man in a clown mask who was carrying an electric chainsaw. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! “We received a call on Thursday, May 1 at around 2:40 p…