{"id":229473,"date":"2026-06-27T07:06:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T07:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/229473\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T07:06:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T07:06:15","slug":"ithaca-police-charge-pennsylvania-man-in-gun-case-finger-lakes-daily-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/229473\/","title":{"rendered":"Ithaca Police Charge Pennsylvania Man in Gun Case \u2013 Finger Lakes Daily News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fingerlakesdailynews.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Home<\/a><br \/>\n                \u203a<br \/>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fingerlakesdailynews.com\/police-blotter\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Police Blotter &amp; Crime Reports<\/a><br \/>\n                \u203a<br \/>\n                Ithaca Police Charge Pennsylvania Man in Gun Case<\/p>\n<p>                <img width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/weapon-gun-shoot-weapons-crime-pistol-859492-pxhere.com1_.jpg\" class=\"attachment-fldn-hero size-fldn-hero wp-post-image\" alt=\"A black pistol, possibly a Walther PPK, is shown against a plain white background.\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\"  \/>                                  A black handgun is depicted against a white background, commonly used to illustrate news stories about firearms.<\/p>\n<p>A Pennsylvania man has been charged with felony firearm possession after Ithaca police recovered a handgun during a welfare check earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Ithaca Police Department, officers responded to the 200 block of Cherry Street at approximately 12:12 a.m. on June 14 for a reported welfare check.\u00a0Police said officers investigated the complaint and determined there were no safety concerns involving the individuals at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>During the investigation, however, officers located and recovered a Taurus handgun from a vehicle being operated by 25-year-old Garrett Westbrook of New Albany, Pennsylvania. The firearm was seized as evidence while the investigation continued.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, at approximately 10:50 a.m., Westbrook was arrested and charged with one count of Criminal Possession of a Firearm, a Class E felony.<\/p>\n<p>Westbrook was arraigned in Ithaca City Court before Judge Peacock and was released on an appearance ticket.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-disclaimer\">The charges are accusations, and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty. Police reports are automatically removed from this site after 90 days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-newsletter-cta__heading\">\n                  Stay Informed:<br \/>\n                  Finger Lakes news, delivered to your inbox every morning.\n                <\/p>\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__subscriber-text\">Our records show you&#8217;re subscribed.<\/p>\n<p>Not the case? Sign up here.              <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Home \u203a Police Blotter &amp; Crime Reports \u203a Ithaca Police Charge Pennsylvania Man in Gun Case A black&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":229474,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-229473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229473\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/229474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}