Crime & Safety
Woman Pulled Over With Handgun: Police
The woman was the front passenger in the car stopped in the Five Towns, Nassau police say.
NORTH LAWRENCE, NY — A woman was arrested for possessing a handgun. Tashayla Ayres, 19, of Brooklyn, was found with the gun after officers stopped a vehicle for having a defective tail light, police said.
It happened Monday just after 8 p.m. on Nassau Expressway in North Lawrence.
Ayres, who was arrested without incident, was the front passenger in the grey 2009 Mitsubishi, detectives said.
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She is charged with criminal possession of a firearm. Ayres was issued an appearance ticket for court on Aug. 3.
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