{"id":101146,"date":"2026-01-15T14:51:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T14:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/101146\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T14:51:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T14:51:07","slug":"ny-state-man-arrested-for-allegedly-using-bear-spray-on-person","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/101146\/","title":{"rendered":"NY State Man Arrested For Allegedly Using Bear Spray On Person"},"content":{"rendered":"

The National Park Service<\/a> describes bear spray as a “powerful, non-lethal aerosol deterrent containing high concentrations of capsaicin\/chili pepper oil designed to incapacitate aggressive or charging bears by causing intense irritation to their eyes, nose, and lungs.”<\/p>\n

With the New York State DEC <\/a>estimating there being anywhere from\u00a06,000 to 8,000 bears living within the state, a can of bear spray can help campers and hikers to ward off any bears who may be getting a little too close for comfort.<\/p>\n

But the Adirondack Daily Enterprise<\/a> says that while the DEC advises campers that it may be a good idea to carry bear spray, New York state law creates a very confusing scenario concerning these sprays, and what is actually considered legal to carry.<\/p>\n

Police say a recent dispute has lead to the arrest of a New York state man, who allegedly sprayed a victim in the face with bear spray.<\/p>\n

New York State Man Arrested For Allegedly Spraying Person With Bear Spray <\/p>\n

New York State Police<\/a> said in a press release<\/a> that on January 13, at approximately 11:18 AM., troopers arrested a man and charged him with the misdemeanor of unlawful possession of a noxious matter.<\/p>\n

Troopers report that they were dispatched to an area in the town of Ithaca for a report of dispute. An investigation revealed that a person was sprayed with bear spray in a staircase between apartments, according to police.<\/p>\n

Troopers said they determined that the two people have had an on-going dispute when the suspect intentionally sprayed the victim in the face. Troopers report they also determined that the bear spray that was used is illegal to carry for self-defense.<\/p>\n

Per New York state regulations, canisters cannot be larger than .75 ounces and cannot contain more than .7% capsaicinoids.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The National Park Service describes bear spray as a “powerful, non-lethal aerosol deterrent containing high concentrations of capsaicin\/chili…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":101147,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[53,9,11,10,49,51,50,12],"class_list":{"0":"post-101146","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-articles","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-headlines","11":"tag-new-york-news","12":"tag-new-york-state","13":"tag-new-york-state-headlines","14":"tag-new-york-state-news","15":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101146\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}