{"id":252165,"date":"2026-06-02T13:19:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T13:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/252165\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T13:19:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T13:19:43","slug":"arizona-man-had-loaded-gun-knife-during-lie-traffic-stop-in-old-westbury-cops-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/252165\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona man had loaded gun, knife during LIE traffic stop in Old Westbury, cops say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>          <img width=\"1024\" height=\"557\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP25027502186513.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid mb-4 wp-post-image\" alt=\"New York State Police patrol car.\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New York State Police nabbed an Arizona man on weapon charges after troopers stopped his pickup truck on the Long Island Expressway in Old Westbury and discovered a loaded handgun and a knife beneath the driver\u2019s seat, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Orlando Silva Rodriguez, 42, of Phoenix was pulled over at about 3:12 p.m. on the expressway by members of the New York State Police Community Stabilization Unit and narcotic K9 Kane for multiple traffic infractions, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the stop, troopers recovered a Springfield XDM 9mm pistol loaded with a 19-round magazine, along with a knife classified as a dangerous weapon. Both weapons were found under the driver\u2019s seat, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rodriguez was charged with second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, criminal possession of a weapon with a large-capacity ammunition feeding device, criminal possession of a firearm, and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon \u2014 dangerous knife.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He was pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Saturday at Nassau County District Court in Hempstead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Top: A New York State Police logo is shown on a state police officer\u2019s car (AP Photo\/Seth Wenig, file).<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GLI_LOGO-FAVICON-NOBG.png\" alt=\"Your Long Island news, delivered.\" width=\"180\" height=\"60\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                Your Long Island news, delivered.<\/p>\n<p class=\"description\">Subscribe to the GLI Newsletter \u2014 its free<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York State Police nabbed an Arizona man on weapon charges after troopers stopped his pickup truck on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":252166,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[34447,98418,58525,774,9,11,10,49,51,50,747,56402,98419,98420],"class_list":["post-252165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-criminal-possession-of-a-weapon","tag-gun-arrest","tag-long-island-expressway","tag-nassau-county","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-state","tag-new-york-state-headlines","tag-new-york-state-news","tag-new-york-state-police","tag-old-westbury","tag-orlando-silva-rodriguez","tag-weapons-charges"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252165","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=252165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252165\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}