On Thursday, Jun. 4, 2020, at approximately 6:30 p.m., in the vicinity of Brook Avenue and East 149th Street, officers conducted a car stop in relation to an “open container in a vehicle” violation (alcohol-related). The car in question was occupied by two males and one female. Following an investigation, police recovered a number of items from the vehicle including lighter fluid, two hammers, spray paint, a laser pointer, a helmet, a sledge hammer and fireworks.
Alexander Hogan, a 25-year-old male, Garrett Gebhardt, a 21-year-old male and Jacqueline Oglesby, a 25-year-old female were arrested and charged with criminal possession of a weapon and possession of burglar’s tools.
An earlier police investigation on the same evening at approximately 6:10 p.m., in the same vicinity of East 149th street and Brook Avenue resulted in Jeremy Correa, a 20-year-old male, and Christine Vargas, a 19-year-old female being taken into custody for criminal possession of a weapon, when a loaded .357 revolver was recovered by police. They were charged with criminal possession of a loaded firearm and criminal possession of a firearm.
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