Tinted Windows Lead to Drugs and Weapons Charges
A New Paltz man is behinds bars after he was allegedly found with drugs and a loaded gun in the Hudson Valley.
On Thursday around 6:55 p.m., members of the Town of Plattekill Police Department stopped a vehicle on South Ohioville Road in the Town of Plattekill for alleged tinted windows.
After police suspected that the driver, 25-year-old Matthew C. Bruno of New Paltz, was in possession of drugs, members of the Ulster Regional Gang Enforcement Narcotics Team were called to respond with a K-9.
Authorities later found marijuana, marijuana wax and a loaded .22 caliber pistol, police say.
Bruno was arrested and charged with the felony criminal possession of a weapon, criminal possession of a controlled substance, criminal possession of marijuana, misdemeanors, and a traffic violation for non-transparent windows.
He was remanded to the Ulster County Jail in lieu of $25,000 cash or $100,000 secure bond.
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