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New Rochelle Police Capt. J. Collins Coyne said that officers from the department and the Real-Time Crime Center at Westchester County Police Headquarters were notified that a wanted man was in a vehicle in the south side of the city.
At approximately 11:20 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 28, New Rochelle police detectives located the suspect vehicle and conducted a traffic stop on Stephenson Boulevard, during which they seized a loaded 9mm handgun that was inside the car, leading to the arrest of three men.
White Plains resident Nasiem Lopez, age 22, who was wanted in Pelham for a reckless endangerment charge, was arrested and charged with second-degree criminal possession of a weapon for having a loaded firearm.
Two others, Juan Mejia-Guizar, age 31, and Freddy Sandoval, age 24, both of New Rochelle, who were in the vehicle at the time of the stop, were both also charged with criminal possession of a weapon.
No return court date for the three men has been announced.
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