A 24-year-old White Plains man was arrested early Sunday after state troopers say a stop on an eastbound I-287 off-ramp turned up a loaded handgun in his SUV. Police allege he failed field-sobriety tests, later blew a 0.15 blood-alcohol content, and now faces a DWI charge along with multiple felony weapons counts. He was remanded to the county jail.
Traffic stop and what police say
New York State Police say they pulled over a 2018 Land Rover at about 4:20 a.m. on May 10 for vehicle and traffic-law violations on the eastbound I-287 off-ramp and saw signs the driver was impaired. During processing, troopers allege he failed standardized field-sobriety tests, then registered a 0.15 BAC. A later search of the SUV turned up a loaded semi-automatic 9mm pistol on the rear passenger-seat floor and a magazine loaded with 10 rounds, according to Daily Voice.
Charges, bail and where he’s being held
State police say the driver was charged with driving while intoxicated, felony criminal possession of a firearm and related weapons offenses. He was arraigned in White Plains City Court and held on $10,000 cash bail or a $100,000 bond, with a return date of May 14. The suspect was remanded to the Westchester County Jail on the Grasslands campus in Valhalla, and the county corrections site outlines how bail is handled for in-custody defendants: Westchester County Department of Correction.
Legal context
Under New York law, possession of a loaded firearm can trigger criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, a class C felony, while possession of a large-capacity ammunition-feeding device falls under criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, a class D felony. See the statute language at the New York State Senate and the New York State Senate for details on the charges and classifications.
