{"id":325280,"date":"2026-08-19T21:20:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T21:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/325280\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T21:20:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T21:20:14","slug":"utica-man-charged-after-traffic-stop-in-broome-county-turns-up-two-illegal-handguns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/325280\/","title":{"rendered":"Utica man charged after traffic stop in Broome County turns up two illegal handguns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CHENANGO, N.Y. \u2014 A Utica man is facing multiple charges following a traffic stop in Broome County, N.Y., the New York State Police said.<\/p>\n<p>The state police said that on Aug. 15, around 4:32 p.m., on West Chenango Road in the Town of Chenango, N.Y., they saw a 2020 Mitsubishi Outlander with a suspended registration. The trooper pulled over the driver, Dungnhi Phan, 30.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Dungnhi Phan, 30, of Utica, N.Y. (Aug. 15, 2026) (PHOTO SOURCE: NEW YORK STATE POLICE)\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"364\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/bf885657-8bfd-4c27-9d62-c90a0fa3acca-Phan.jpg\" width=\"648\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Dungnhi Phan, 30, of Utica, N.Y. (Aug. 15, 2026) (PHOTO SOURCE: NEW YORK STATE POLICE)<\/p>\n<p>The police said Phan did not have a driver&#8217;s license. His arrest led to the discovery of two illegal handguns.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, Phan was charged with:<\/p>\n<p>2 counts of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the 2nd degree (loaded firearm), a class \u201cC\u201d felony2 counts of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the 3rd degree (previous conviction), a class \u201cD felonyCriminal Possession of a Weapon in the 3rd degree (defaced for concealment), a class \u201cD\u201d felonyCriminal Possession of a Weapon in the 4th degree (ghost gun), a misdemeanorAggravated Unlicensed Operation in the 2nd degree, a misdemeanor<\/p>\n<p>Phan was processed and then turned over to the Broome County Correctional Facility for arraignment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHENANGO, N.Y. \u2014 A Utica man is facing multiple charges following a traffic stop in Broome County, N.Y.,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":325281,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10,49,51,50],"class_list":["post-325280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","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"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325280","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=325280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325280\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/325281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}