Ex-Cohoes officer indicted for allegedly lying about gunfire in Adirondacks Sean T. McKown admitted story was false; prosecutor initially passed on case FacebookTwitterEmail Officer and K-9 handler Sean McKown, with retiring K-9 Jeter, right, and Jeter's son and replacement Loky outside the Cohoes Police Station Wednesday Sept. 9, 2015 in Cohoes, NY. (John Carl D'Annibale / Times Union)John Carl D'Annibale COHOES — An Essex County grand jury has indicted former Cohoes police officer Sean T. McKown on misdemeanor charges related to an off-duty June 6 incident in Elizabethtown in which he fired his service weapon and later claimed a Black male had shot at him first.