Three people — two men and a juvenile — were arrested in Uniondale for allegedly possessing a stolen gun.
On November 21 at 1:10 a.m., Nassau County Bureau of Special Operations (BSO) officers conducted a vehicle and traffic law stop of a 2014 Toyota in the vicinity of Jerusalem Avenue and Hawthorne Avenue. Subsequent to the investigation, a stolen loaded 9-millimeter handgun, two knives and a large quantity of cannabis were recovered. A 17-year-old male juvenile defendant, along with Karim Attia, 108 Catherine Avenue, Franklin Square and Michael Rodaligo, 20, of 4 Alliance Street, Valley Stream, were all arrested without incident.
All defendants were charged with two counts of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree, Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Third Degree, three counts of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Fourth Degree, Criminal Possession of a Weapon, Unlawful Possession of an Ammunition Feeding Device, Criminal Possession of Stolen Property and Criminal Possession of Cannabis in the Third Degree.
Rodaligo was also charged with Criminal Contempt in the Second Degree. All defendants were scheduled to be arraigned on November 22 at First District Court in Hempstead.