Watervliet, NY (WRGB) — A teenager from Troy was arrested Sunday and charged with felony weapon possession following a Watervliet traffic stop.
According to police, at 5 p.m. on March 23rd Watervliet police officers conducted a motor vehicle stop leading to the arrest of 16-year-old female passenger. Officers reportedly discovered a loaded, illegally-possessed 22. caliber handgun, “protruding from a passenger’s waistband.”
Watervliet police charged the 16-year-old female from Troy with second-degree felony Criminal Possession of a Weapon. The driver was charged with misdemeanor third-degree Aggravated Unlicensed Operation of a Motor Vehicle and other Vehicle and Traffic Law violations…