Nassau County Police were called to East Meadow’s Coliseum Motor Inn, located on Hempstead Parkway, just before 9 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 15, after getting reports that a man had displayed a firearm in the hallway.
When officers arrived, they determined that Miguel Lara, age 31, of California, was the man who had prompted the call.
During a subsequent investigation, officers found a loaded Sig-Sauer pistol inside Lara’s motel room, police said.
He was arrested without incident on a charge of criminal possession of a firearm.
There were no reports of injuries.
Lara was scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday, Nov. 16, at First District Court in Hempstead.
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