ELLENVILLE – State Police have arrested a hamlet of Wallkill woman for illegally possessing a firearm.

Nicole Petrone, 41, was stopped while driving a 2013 Hyundai on North Main Street in the Village of Ellenville for driving in violation of vehicle and traffic law.

Police determined she was driving with a suspended license and an unregistered vehicle.

A search of the car yielded an illegally possessed .380 caliber semi-automatic handgun and two magazines.

Petrone was charged with criminal use of a firearm, possession of a loaded deadly weapon; criminal possession of a weapon, an ammunition feeding device; aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle; and several traffic infractions.

She was arraigned and released with pretrial supervision in lieu of bail pending a future court

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