Following a traffic stop, a man has been arrested for criminal possession of a weapon.
On Wednesday evening around 8:50 p.m. Elmira police spotted a vehicle on West Hudson Street after noticing it had a temporary Texas registration.
Elmira police say there have been alerts relating to fraudulent Texas registrations.
After confirming it was fake the vehicle was stopped and the officer recovered a loaded handgun illegally possessed by Byron Pierce.
Pierce was held pending arraignment in Elmira City Court.
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