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Joseph Avenue Gun Arrest

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Rochester, NY - Around 6:15am, this morning, Officers responded to the 200 block of Joseph Avenue for the report of people breaking into the apartment building, through an unlocked door, during a power outage. During a search of the building, Officers located 18-year old Yandel Mendrell-Hernandez and safely detained him. While detaining him, a loaded 9mm “ghost gun” fell from his sweater pocket onto the ground.

Mendrell-Hernandez was transported to the Monroe County Jail and is awaiting arraignment this afternoon in CAP Court.

Yandel Mendrell-Hernandez, age 18, is charged with Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the 2nd and 4th Degree.

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