COLONIE – A 41-year-old Vermont man is facing drug and weapon charges after getting pulled over for a traffic infractions on Monday, Oct. 1.
According to Lt. Robert Winn, when officers pulled over Andre Marshall on Loudon Road at around 2 a.m., they noticed a strong odor of marijuana coming from his 2018 Dodge Caravan.
When questioned about the odor, Marshall handed officer Austin Blais a small baggie of the drug.
He told officers he was staying at room 26 of the Golden Circle Inn on Loudon Road. A search of the room uncovered a Sig Sauer 2022 9mm handgun with a defaced serial number and a large capacity ammunition magazine loaded with eight rounds of ammo.
Marshall faces the felonies of criminal possession of a weapon and two counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance, the misdemeanor of criminal possession of a controlled substance, the violation of unlawful possession of marijuana and the traffic violations of failing to stop before entering a roadway and failure to stay in a single lane.
He was arraigned in Colonie Town Court and sent to the Albany County jail.