Suffolk County Sheriff’s Deputies recovered two illegal, non-serialized firearms during separate incidents, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
One gun was found during the execution of an eviction in Coram.
Deputies reported to the South Shore Press that they discovered small bags containing a powder, a scale, about $17,000 in cash and a non-serialized firearm, authorities said.
Investigators with the Suffolk Sheriff’s Criminal Investigation Bureau later identified the substance as cocaine.
Craig Willie, 61, of Coram, was arrested and charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell in the third degree, criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree and additional charges.
The second firearm was recovered later that night following a traffic stop and foot pursuit in the Town of Islip. According to cops, a deputy attempted to stop a vehicle on the Sunrise Highway service road after observing it run a red light, make an improper left turn and travel about 80 miles per hour in a 35 mph zone, officials said.
The driver, Justin Guerrero, 40, of Nesconset, failed to stop and fled, police said, reaching speeds of about 115 mph while traveling westbound on the service road.
Cops on pursuit reported that Guerrero then made an unsafe lane change onto Veterans Memorial Highway and crashed into a FedEx tractor-trailer, authorities said.
He fled the scene on foot before being taken into custody after a pursuit.
A search of the vehicle recovered about 17 grams of cocaine, a digital scale, baggies and a non-serialized firearm.
The driver of the FedEx truck was taken to South Shore Hospital with minor injuries.
Guerrero was charged with first-degree driving while intoxicated, third-degree fleeing an officer, criminal possession of a firearm and third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance.