New Jersey men arrested for a loaded gun, drugs in Hewlett

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A loaded gun and drugs were allegedly found after Nassau police stopped a car at 4:09 a.m., on Jan. 20 in Hewlett.

Police saw a 2014 black Honda headed north on Mill Road that had a cracked windshield and tinted windows. The officers stopped the car at the intersection of Mill Road and Westervelt Place.

After the driver, Jamil Holcomb, 27, of Georgia King Village, Newark, and the front seat passenger, Terron Mingo, 24, of South 16th Street, East Orange, could not provide the required identification relating to the vehicle infractions, according to police, all four people in the car, which included two young men considered juveniles, were taken to the 4th Precinct, also in Hewlett.

A loaded Ruger 9mm handgun and a substance believed to Ectasy were both found inside the vehicle, police said. Another substance, considered to be Oxycodone, was found in Terron’s possession, police said.

Holcomb, Mingo and the two juveniles are all charged with criminal possession of a firearm, criminal possession of a weapon. Mingo is also charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance.

All four will be arraigned at First District Court in Hempstead on Jan. 21.