Man arrested with illegally possessed gun during Hudson Valley traffic stop, police say

Fairfield County resident Mathew Conti, 27, of Danbury, was arrested in Putnam County for weapons possession on Tuesday, June 25, the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office announced Friday, June 28.

According to the sheriff’s office, around 1:15 a.m. Tuesday, deputies saw a vehicle with an obscured license plate traveling north on Route 22 near the interchange with Interstate 684 in Brewster and stopped it.

After the traffic stop, Conti was found to have a revoked New York driver’s license from 2017. Deputies also found a handgun inside the car, which Conti was not licensed to possess in New York state, the sheriff’s office said.

Conti was later arrested and charged with second-degree criminal possession of a weapon and second-degree aggravated unlicensed operation. He was arraigned in Patterson Municipal Court and released on his own recognizance.

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