For Immediate Release:  May 7, 2019

On May 5, 2019, a man was arrested and a handgun recovered after he assaulted and threatened to shoot a woman.

At 4:19 am, patrol officers responded to the Pic-A-Lilli Pub located in the beach block of Tennessee Avenue for a report of a woman being assaulted.  Officers arrived to find the victim, 25, had sustained injuries after being punched multiple times by Landry Deorzan.  Deorzan also threatened to shoot the victim and showed her a handgun on his hip.  After assaulting the victim, Deorzan left the bar. 

Patrol officers obtained a description of Deorzan, and surveillance center personnel began to search the area for him.  They were able to obtain coverage of him leaving the area leading Officer Scott Sendrick to see Deorzan get into a vehicle at South Carolina and Atlantic Avenues.  Officer Sendrick conducted a motor vehicle stop, arrested Deorzan, and a loaded handgun was recovered from the vehicle.

ARRESTED:  Landry Deorzan (aka Landry Johnson), a 39 year old male from Washington DC.

CHARGES:  Aggravated assault, unlawful possession of a weapon, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, certain person not to possess a weapon, possession of an extended magazine, and terroristic threats.

Deorzan was remanded to the Atlantic County Justice Facility.

Anyone with information about this incident is urged to contact the Atlantic City Police Department Criminal Investigations Section at 609-347-5766 or text anonymously to tip411 (847411).  Begin the text with ACPD.

Alert sent on 05/07/2019 at 11:19AM EDT

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