Crime & Safety
Loaded Gun Recovered From Westbury Man's Fanny Pack: Police
He was spotted with two other men looking into the storefront windows of closed businesses, police said.
WESTBURY, NY — A Westbury was taken into custody for carrying a handgun.
James Jean-Louis, 19, was seen with two other men, walking along Post Avenue Wednesday evening looking into the storefronts of closed businesses, police said.
Jean-Louis was observed wearing a fanny pack across his chest.
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As police approached, he turned his body and the pack swung down, police said.
The fanny pack at a loaded silver and black semi-automatic handgun. No injuries were reported, police said.
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Jean-Louis was scheduled to be arraigned Thursday on multiple counts of criminal possession of a weapon.
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