Jones
NEWBURGH – A 24-year-old Newburgh man is in the Orange County Jail
without bail after he was arrested on gun possession charges.
Orange County Sheriff’s deputies were on patrol in the area of Benkard
Avenue in the City of Newburgh at around 5 p.m. on Thursday, February
22 when they pulled over a vehicle driven by Tyrek Jones on Newburgh.
They smelled marijuana and Jones admitted smoking it recently.
A search of his vehicle revealed cocaine in the driver’s door
and two handguns in the trunk. One was loaded and both had their serial
numbers removed.
Jones was charged with criminal possession of a weapon, willful defacement
of a weapon and criminal possession of drugs, all as felonies. He was
also charged with the violation of unlawful possession of marijuana and
driving with no headlights.
