On September 16, 2026, at approximately 7:19 p.m., members of the New York State Police Community Stabilization Unit (CSU), assigned to a Gun Involved Violence Elimination (GIVE) detail, conducted a traffic stop on a 2008 Dodge Ram pickup truck on South Ave in the city of Syracuse for multiple Vehicle and Traffic Law violations.<\/p>\n
During the traffic stop, the rear passenger, later identified as Troy W. Brothers fled on foot and was subsequently taken into custody. Troopers on scene with the vehicle observed what appeared to be a handgun in the rear seat. The firearm was later determined to be a BB gun.<\/p>\n
A subsequent search of the vehicle resulted in the recovery of a loaded Heritage Rough Rider .22-caliber revolver, along with suspected methamphetamine and fentanyl.<\/p>\n
Troy W. Brothers, age 27, from Gouverneur, was charged with:<\/p>\n
\u2022 Obstructing Governmental Administration in the Second Degree, a Class A misdemeanor
\u2022 Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Seventh Degree, a Class A misdemeanor<\/p>\n
Brothers was issued an appearance ticket returnable in Syracuse City Court on October 21, 2026, at 9:30 a.m.<\/p>\n
Jason A. Guinup, age 46, from Gouverneur, was charged with:<\/p>\n
\u2022 Tampering with Physical Evidence, a Class E felony
\u2022 Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Seventh Degree, a Class A misdemeanor<\/p>\n
Guinup was issued an appearance ticket returnable in Syracuse City Court on October 16, 2026, at 9:30 a.m.<\/p>\n
Ryan Rose, age 24, from Gouverneur, the operator of the vehicle, was charged with:<\/p>\n
\u2022 Criminal Possession of a Firearm, a Class E felony
\u2022 Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Third Degree, a Class D felony
\u2022 Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree, a Class C felony
\u2022 Aggravated Unlicensed Operation of a Motor Vehicle in the Second Degree, a misdemeanor
\u2022 Two counts of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Seventh Degree, Class A misdemeanors<\/p>\n
Rose was also issued four traffic tickets and was transported to the Onondaga County Justice Center pending centralized arraignment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On September 16, 2026, at approximately 7:19 p.m., members of the New York State Police Community Stabilization Unit…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":351217,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10,49,51,50],"class_list":["post-351216","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\/351216","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=351216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351216\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/351217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=351216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=351216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=351216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}