{"id":2374,"date":"2025-10-14T21:22:26","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T21:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/2374\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T21:22:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T21:22:26","slug":"staten-island-drug-bust-loaded-gun-cocaine-seized-in-new-brighton-raid-say-authorities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/2374\/","title":{"rendered":"Staten Island drug bust: Loaded gun, cocaine seized in New Brighton raid, say authorities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"CQM44KLBB5GBXCNAF7HQVYCFTU\">STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 Authorities arrested two men and a woman in a raid where drugs and guns allegedly were found inside their apartment at the Richmond Terrace Houses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"5THIMI47MBFLTBURG3KX7HSVVA\">The raid occurred on Sept. 18 at about 6 a.m. after officers armed with search warrants swarmed the apartment at 456 Richmond Terrace, according to a criminal complaint based on investigations by Narcotics Borough Staten Island.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"VUP2OYM3EFBARG6SARNTNPCRAE\">When police arrived, Carlos Feliciano, 44, was in the rear bedroom and a woman, Takeena Williams, 55, was in the front bedroom. Daquon Williams, 38, also was arrested in connection with that raid, according to the criminal complaint and police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"EQIO3AIB2RAOBBZHKBEAVJZVV4\">The criminal complaint alleges that officers recovered a Jiminez 9mm pistol in the front bedroom. The gun was loaded with five bullets in an attached magazine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"2QQRW3MC6ZF5JL2PIXPFKNVHPA\">In a rear bedroom, officers allegedly found eight plastic- zipper bags containing cocaine powder and cash. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"RGHJOAFMGNGGBOAR7SWEBTVQA4\">Later that morning, Daquon Williams spoke with police at the 120th Precinct.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"LZ777UAEMJGTTAVP4SDVCZ5FTE\">\u201cI reside there,\u201d the criminal complaint quoted the 38-year-old defendant as saying. \u201cI do not have a pistol permit.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"BY6F65LWVFCCZAMAOS7V627LHI\">None of the defendants have a license to carry or possess a firearm in New York City or the state, and the defendants are not dealers in rifles or shotguns, according to the criminal complaint.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"3IQWJJSFPFEXBLBYOZNR5T5W5E\">The defendants have been charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell, criminal possession of a weapon, criminal possession of a firearm and criminal possession of a controlled substance, according to the criminal complaint.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"K7DXCVAWKRDSFF22SYAZYEDLGM\">Feliciano was convicted of attempted criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree in Supreme Court in Manhattan in December 2008. He was sentenced in January 2009 to five years in jail, according to the criminal complaint.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"OPQ4JEJF7NHHZIIFNNSSSLYDBU\">Feliciano is scheduled to be arraigned in state Supreme Court in St. George on Oct. 14. A defense attorney is not listed in public records.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"LCCWNYYZONAVPEDDJBFIJ4RZSY\">Takeena Williams has pleaded not guilty to all charges, has been released with non-monetary conditions and is due back in state Criminal Court in St. George on Nov. 25, according to public records. An attorney did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"4B3CWB2FOJEQVC3HGBEYOCBA4Q\">Information about the case against Daquon Williams is not currently available in public records, but he is being prosecuted.<\/p>\n<p>If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. 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