(Hauppauge, NY)- Suffolk County Police say they arrested three gang members, one with a murder warrant in Nassau County and also confiscated drugs and weapons in Hauppauge on Thursday morning. Officials say the three men were trying to run from the police when they got into a crash on Motor Parkway by the Long Island Expressway just after 10 a. m.. Three loaded handguns were recovered in the vehicle in addition to approximately 30 grams of crack and 35 grams of fentanyl. Police also recovered two loaded handguns, an assault rifle, shotgun and approximately 35 grams of crack at a residence in Hauppauge.
Brandon Hicks, 19, of Hauppauge, was charged with three counts of Criminal Possession of a Weapon 2nd Degree, four counts of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance 3rd Degree, and Reckless Driving. The Nassau County Police Department charged him with an Attempted Murder, Reckless Endangerment, and Criminal Possession of a Weapon warrant.
Hayes, 19, of Hauppauge, was charged with three counts of Criminal Possession of a Weapon 2nd Degree, four counts of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance 3rd Degree, Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance 7th Degree, and two warrants.
Guy, 18, of Selden, was charged with three counts of Criminal Possession of a Weapon 2nd Degree and four counts of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance 3rd Degree.
Hicks, Hayes and Guy will be held overnight at the Third Precinct and are scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on October 30.
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