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The Bethpage incident occurred on Tuesday, June 4, according to Nassau County Police.
At approximately 10:40 a.m. that morning, police pulled over 27-year-old Shyheim Smith near the intersection of Union Avenue and Hicksville Road for a traffic stop.
However, officers reportedly found a black handgun in the car.
Smith, who is from Massapequa, was arrested and charged with the following:
- Criminal possession of a weapon, two counts in the second degree and one in the fourth degree;
- Criminal possession of a firearm; and
- Multiple vehicle and traffic law violations.
He will be arraigned at Hempstead’s First District Court on Wednesday, June 5.
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