Schenectady man accused of having stolen gun 

State Police arrested a Schenectady man for allegedly possessing a stolen handgun. Troopers stopped a vehicle on I-890 in Rotterdam just after 8 p.m. on Oct. 26 for a traffic violation.  

Police said the driver, 31-year-old Basean H. Brooks, had a loaded gun in the vehicle. The gun had been reported stolen from South Carolina.  

Brooks was charged with criminal possession of a weapon and criminal possession of stolen property.  

He was transported to Schenectady County Jail to await arraignment.