Shotgun in the truck was found to be legal
DELMAR — Bethlehem Police, on routine patrol, observed a 2017 Hyundai Sonata traveling westbound on Delaware Avenue on Friday, Dec. 9 at approximately 4:05 p.m.
The officer performed a traffic stop and asked about the temporary license plate that had an unreadable issuing state. Upon investigation, the Texas temporary registration did not show as valid and there was another registration under the one showing. That Texas registration expired in October.
The driver of the vehicle, a 24-year-old Albany woman, said that she had purchased the vehicle in Brooklyn and these were the plates issued.
Upon further investigation, the officers found the woman only had an expired learner’s permit and the vehicle was not insured.
The woman also told police that she had a shotgun and ammunition in the trunk. A check of the gun found that it was legal.
She was taken into custody and charged with possession of a forged instrument and aggravated unlicensed operation, both misdemeanors, and operating an unregistered motor vehicle on a highway, driving with an improper license, and invalid registration display, all violations.
The woman was given an appearance ticket to return to Bethlehem Town Court on Tuesday, Dec. 3 and released.
Aggravated DWI
GUILDERLAND – On Saturday, Dec. 10, at about 10:48 p.m. State Police responded to reports of an unresponsive person in a vehicle at the Cumberland Farms on Western Avenue in Guilderland.
Troopers located a 44-year-old Niskayuna man in the driver’s seat of a vehicle.
An investigation determined the man drove to the location where he fell asleep. He was arrested for aggravated DWI and transported to SP Guilderland for processing, where he provided a breath sample that returned a 0.18 percent BAC. The man was ordered to return to court on January 26.
