Sobriety Investigation Leads To Gun Arrest: Nassau PD

Garden City NY

13 January, 2022

3:28 PM

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FLORAL PARK, NY — A traffic stop for a possible drunk driver led to an arrest for gun charges, Nassau County police said. According to police, officers saw a man slumped over in the driver's seat of a 2015 Honda CRV on King Street in Floral Park at 7:45 p.m. on Jan. 5. The officers tried to perform a sobriety test on the driver — Tyrone Vick, 24, of Floral Park — but police say he refused. Officers conducted an investigation, and police say they found a loaded handgun in the car. Vick was arrested without incident. Police say the officers also found multiple pistol cartridges in the car. Vick is charged with second- and third-degree criminal possession of a weapon, criminal possession of a firearm and drinking alcohol in a motor vehicle on a highway. He was arraigned in First District Court in Hempstead on Jan. 6 and was released on his own recognizance.