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in Nassau County said that they pulled over the vehicle containing 18-year-old Ariel Serrano Ochoa, of Bay Shore, and 20-year-old Kaliem Tharpe of Massapequa on Dover Street in Massapequa on Sunday, Oct. 4 at 9:45 p.m.
Officers reportedly saw the driver swerving, speeding and failing to use turn signals.
Tharpe's 8-month-old daughter was in the rear passenger seat of the vehicle, said police, and a handgun was recovered under the driver's seat and a substance believed to the marijuana were found.
Both men were charged with the felonies of
- second-degree criminal possession of a weapon
- third-degree criminal possession of a weapon
- fourth-degree criminal possession of stolen property
- second-degree unlawful possession of marijuana.
Additionally, Serrano Ochoa was given tickets for speeding and failing to signal; Tharpe was charged with the misdemeanor of endangering the welfare of a child.
The child was released into the custody of her mother at the scene.
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