After 2 Gunpoint Robberies, Drugs, Defaced Gun Found; Arrest Made: Nassau Police

EAST MEADOW, NY — Police arrested a man over the weekend who they said tried to hide drugs and was in possession of a defaced, loaded pistol in East Meadow, and was wanted in two gunpoint robberies last year.

Around 9 p.m. Sunday, detectives saw a gray, 2011 Acura MDX leaving the Coliseum Motor Inn on Hempstead Turnpike. The SUV committed a vehicle and traffic law infraction, Nassau County police said.

The driver, identified as Kyle Williams, pulled into a Sonic drive-thru parking lot, and tried to conceal a white powdery substance in his pocket that officers believed was cocaine, police said. He was taken into police custody without incident.

Officers searched the SUV and found a loaded, defaced Glock 19 semi-automatic pistol, police said.

Williams was also an outstanding subject in two gun-point robberies Dec. 21 and Jan. 25. The first robbery happened at a BP gas station on Front Street in Uniondale, and the second happened Jan. 5 at a 7-11 on South Franklin Street in Hempstead, police said.

Williams faces charges of first- and second-degree robbery, second-degree attempted robbery, second-degree criminal weapon possession, two counts of third-degree criminal weapon possession, fourth-degree criminal weapon possession, fifth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, and multiple traffic infractions, police said.

He's scheduled to appear in court Monday in Hempstead.