LI Man Gets 7 Years In Prison For Possession Of Loaded Gun: DA

WYANDANCH, NY — A Wyandanch man was sentenced to seven years in prison Friday after he for having a loaded and defaced .40 caliber handgun while out on bail for a 2019 attempted murder charge in Nassau County.

Floyd McNeil, 26, pleaded guilty to second-degree criminal weapon possession in September.

On Jan. 25, 2022, police saw McNeil driving a 2015 Honda Accord while looking at his cell phone on Straight Path in Wyandanch.

At the time, he was out on bond for a September 2019 attempted murder charge in Nassau County, the Suffolk County district attorney's office said.

Police pulled him over and as officers approached the vehicle, they saw him adjusting his jacket. While they spoke with McNeil, he appeared extremely nervous and again adjusted an object underneath his jacket.

McNeil, who gave authorities a false address, initially complied with the officer’s request to get out of the vehicle.

Once outside the vehicle, he immediately ran, prosecutors said. When the officers caught up to McNeil, a brief struggle ensued, but he was ultimately arrested.

Once in custody, McNeil told the officers he had a gun. Police recovered a loaded and defaced .40 caliber Smith & Wesson semiautomatic pistol from a fanny pack he had around his chest and under his jacket.

While in custody on the Suffolk County weapons possession charge, McNeil was also indicted in
Nassau County in a 2020 killing. That case is pending, prosecutors said.

In June, McNeil was convicted of the earlier attempted murder charge by a Nassau County jury and was sentenced Dec. 6 to 25 years to life in prison.

Additionally, McNeil is a prior violent felony offender from a March 2017 conviction of first and second-degree robbery, and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, for which he was sentenced to five years in prison followed by three years of post-release supervision, officials said.