Albany traffic stop leads to gun, drug charges

By WNYT
Jameek Baker (Albany County Sheriff's Office)

An Albany man is facing gun and drug possession charges.

Jameek Baker, 30, was pulled over around 7:30 Wednesday evening at Henry Johnson Boulevard and Livingston Ave.

During the traffic stop, deputies found a semi-automatic handgun he wasn’t allowed to have, and crack cocaine, they said.

Baker was charged with criminal possession of a weapon and criminal possession of a controlled substance. He was taken to the Albany County Jail.

This is what police say they found during a traffic stop on Albany on Jan. 10, 2023. Jameek Baker was arrested.