Gun, Pills, Found During Inwood Traffic Stop: Police

The incident occurred in Inwood on Monday, April 15, Nassau County Police announced.

It was just before 9:45 p.m. when 29-year-old Raymond Colon was reportedly seen turning onto Bayview Avenue from Doughty Boulevard without using his turn signal.

When police pulled him over, they found a loaded black Taurus 9mm semi-automatic handgun in the car alongside a clear, unlabeled pill bottle that contained multiple alprazolam (also known as Xanax) and oxycodone pills.

Colon, who is from Brooklyn, was charged with:

• Criminal possession of a weapon, four counts of varying degrees;
• Criminal possession of a controlled substance, two counts; and
• Vehicle and traffic violations.

He pleaded not guilty at his arraignment and is next due at Hempstead’s First District Court on Thursday, April 18.

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