{"id":106425,"date":"2026-01-20T21:58:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T21:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/106425\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T21:58:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T21:58:07","slug":"nypd-teen-arrested-on-staten-island-after-tossing-gun-during-traffic-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/106425\/","title":{"rendered":"NYPD: Teen arrested on Staten Island after tossing gun during traffic stop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"ZS3E52BIZVCHLO4IWOKPZIA5D4\">STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 A 17-year-old boy tossed a gun away as he tried to flee from a traffic stop in Stapleton, police allege.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"GCFG33PRA5AWTHMAAZFGHG3UJQ\">The incident occurred around 11 p.m. on the 100 block of Tompkins Avenue near Broad Street, according to a spokesperson for the NYPD.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"76XQ2V5W4FCZNNZINJULSJ43RU\">The episode began when officers noticed the teen was not wearing a seat belt while riding in the backseat of a Toyota Camry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"I4J4YJD3VVHT7AWO5YHUFKONRE\">As officers attempted to stop the vehicle, the teen fled from the Toyota and tossed the gun to the ground, the NYPD said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"KX6UO62WZFAV5IQQT7XGT6DXNY\">The officers gave chase on foot and apprehended the suspect after a brief pursuit. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"ZVYBU5GASNENVGJXT5WXSE2U4U\">The gun was recovered at the scene. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"QMOTAQIFFNCWPAGJDVM6FYWZGA\">Police charged the boy with criminal possession of a weapon, resisting arrest and obstructing governmental administration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"J6CLRSWW3JF7TC2MAMCZ2KLFDQ\">The NYPD does not disclose the identities of minors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 A 17-year-old boy tossed a gun away as he tried to flee from a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":106426,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":{"0":"post-106425","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-staten-island","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-city","10":"tag-nyc","11":"tag-staten-island","12":"tag-staten-island-headlines","13":"tag-staten-island-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106425\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}