On Oct. 1, 2019, at 4:14 a.m., State Police in Fulton conducted a traffic stop of a 2015 Kia Optima on State Route 481 in the town of Volney for speeding.
During the traffic stop, Troopers Crosier and Smith discovered the vehicle had been reported stolen three days earlier in the town of Richland, Oswego County.
The operator of the vehicle, Frank C. Christian, 51, of Richland, was arrested for unlawful use of a motor vehicle, a class A misdemeanor and released on an appearance ticket.
A passenger in the vehicle, Stephan L. Grimes, 39, of Syracuse, was found to possess a stolen loaded 9 mm handgun.
Grimes was charged with second-degree criminal possession of a weapon (a class C felony) and fourth-degree criminal possession of stolen property (a class E felony); he was arraigned in Volney Town Court and remanded to the Oswego County Jail without bail.