STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Two people were arrested and a loaded gun was seized during the raid of an apartment in St. George, according to police.

Brittany Church, 26, and Robert Morales, 35, were sleeping when officers executing a search warrant raided their apartment on Fort Place on Sept. 15 just before 6 a.m., according to the criminal complaint and police.

A black 9 mm Taurus handgun was found on a bookshelf, the complaint alleges.

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