Roosevelt man faces weapons charge
A 21-year-old Roosevelt man was arrested and charged with weapons possession Tuesday night after officers spotted him carrying a handgun near his home on Thoma Place, police said.
Nassau County police said Tahshaleek Wade, of 33 Thoma Place, was arrested after a stop by officers near the intersection of Thoma Place and Babylon Turnpike at 9:06 p.m. Police said officers recovered a semiautomatic handgun from Wade.
Wade, charged with second-degree and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon, was remanded to Nassau County Correctional Center on $5,000 bail, or $10,000 bond. His next court appearance is March 9 in District Court in Mineola.
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