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Traffic Stop Result

Lakewood Man Charged With Weapons, Drug Possession

Jose L. Santiago
Cocaine, an alleged illegal weapon and ammunition are pictured after city police and county Sheriff’s deputies seized them during a traffic stop Tuesday.

A traffic stop Wednesday resulted in drug and weapons charges filed against a Lakewood man.

According to a police report, Jamestown police officers and Chautauqua County Sheriff’s deputies were deployed on a Gun Involved Violence Elimination targeted patrol detail at 3:09 p.m. Tuesday when they pulled a vehicle over on Allen Street near King Street for a traffic violation. According to a police report, Jose L. Santiago, 31, of Lakewood was found with a loaded 9mm pistol that he can’t legally possess because of a prior felony conviction for a charge of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon. The prior conviction stemmed from a 2016 incident in which Santiago was found with a loaded handgun that had been stolen from Florida.

After Tuesday’s traffic stop, Santiago was taken to the city jail where officers allegedly found cocaine. Santiago was charged with second-degree criminal possession of a weapon and seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance while also being cited for illegal window tint, unsafe tire and consumption of cannabis in a motor vehicle.

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