An 18-year-old man was arrested early today and charged with violating the state’s new gun control law after a foot chase through an East Side neighborhood ended with the recovery of a 9mm handgun, said Buffalo police.
Darquane M. McDuffie was arrested after he reportedly jumped from the rear seat of a vehicle that police were trying to stop near the intersection of Sweet Avenue and Stanislaus Street.
Officers Adam O’Shei and Joseph Walters gave chase on foot and caught McDuffie, who they said discarded a loaded handgun while running.
The handgun, described in police reports as a 9mm pistol with a 12-round magazine, had one round in the chamber plus 11 in the magazine. It was recovered by Buffalo Police Lt. Ivan Watkins in the driveway of 161 Stanislaus Street in the Broadway-Fillmore area.
During processing, police said, they found 10 bags of marijuana hidden in McDuffie’s right pant leg.
Police charged McDuffie with unlawful possession of a large capacity ammunition feeding device under the New York SAFE Act. Enacted on January 15, the law prohibits having more than seven rounds in a magazine.
McDuffie also faces charges of felony possession of a weapon, obstruction and unlawful possession of marijuana.
Among other things, the NY SAFE Act tightens the definition of illegal “assault weapons” and requires owners of formerly legal semiautomatic guns to register them.
Darquane M. McDuffie was arrested after he reportedly jumped from the rear seat of a vehicle that police were trying to stop near the intersection of Sweet Avenue and Stanislaus Street.
Officers Adam O’Shei and Joseph Walters gave chase on foot and caught McDuffie, who they said discarded a loaded handgun while running.
The handgun, described in police reports as a 9mm pistol with a 12-round magazine, had one round in the chamber plus 11 in the magazine. It was recovered by Buffalo Police Lt. Ivan Watkins in the driveway of 161 Stanislaus Street in the Broadway-Fillmore area.
During processing, police said, they found 10 bags of marijuana hidden in McDuffie’s right pant leg.
Police charged McDuffie with unlawful possession of a large capacity ammunition feeding device under the New York SAFE Act. Enacted on January 15, the law prohibits having more than seven rounds in a magazine.
McDuffie also faces charges of felony possession of a weapon, obstruction and unlawful possession of marijuana.
Among other things, the NY SAFE Act tightens the definition of illegal “assault weapons” and requires owners of formerly legal semiautomatic guns to register them.