Police: Two Roosevelt men arrested after ShotSpotter alert leads to gun recovery

Two men face arraignment Wednesday in First District Court in Hempstead after being arrested by police responding to a ShotSpotter activation early Tuesday morning in Roosevelt.

Matthew Chery, 19, and Jahsire May, 19, both of Roosevelt, have been changed with criminal possession of a firearm, fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon, two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, second-degree criminal use of a firearm, first-degree reckless endangerment and fourth-degree conspiracy.

First Precinct officers responded to the activation on Hudson Avenue at 2:12 a.m. Tuesday, Nassau County police said. They saw a gray Nissan Armada leaving the area and made a vehicle traffic stop on Carolina Avenue in Hempstead.

During that stop, police recovered a silver handgun from the vehicle and arrested the occupants — Chery and May, according to a statement.

It was not immediately clear if either Chery or May was represented by counsel.

By John Valenti

john.valenti@newsday.com

John Valenti, a reporter at Newsday since 1981, has been honored nationally by the Associated Press and Society of the Silurians for investigative, enterprise and breaking news reporting, as well as column writing, and is the author of “Swee'pea,” a book about former New York playground basketball star Lloyd Daniels. Valenti is featured in the Emmy Award-winning ESPN 30-for-30 film “Big Shot.”