Crime & Safety
Man Arrested in Inwood for Having Gun, Cops Say
North Carolina man was getting into a car when police saw him with a firearm.
A North Carolina man was arrested in Inwood on Wednesday after police officers saw the handle of a gun protruding from his front pants pockets, according to police.
Jarrot Jones, 21, of Matthews, N.C., was allegedly observed by cops getting into a vehicle on Merril Street with a gun, police said. Police arrested him around 3:41 p.m. and found that the firearm’s serial number had been removed.
Jones is being charged with criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree. He is scheduled to be arraigned in First District Court in Hempstead on Thursday.
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