Weapons and Pot Seized in Binghamton Traffic Stop

Two Binghamton residents are facing weapon and drug charges after police say their vehicle ran a stop sign.

Binghamton Police arrested 19 year old Elijah Jackson and 23 year old Jose Mendoza at 12 a.m. Saturday in the area of Eldridge and Water Streets and found a stun gun, a Republic semi-automatic pistol, a Bersa .380 semi-automatic hand gun, two ammunition magazines, containing 11 rounds and 29.58 grams of marijuana.

Police on a routine patrol say they saw the red Ford Focus go through the stop sign then smelled marijuana in the vehicle once it was pulled over.

Mendoza is charged with four counts of criminal possession of a weapon and criminal possession of marijuana.

Jackson is charged with five counts of criminal possession of a weapon and criminal possession of marijuana.

Both were sent to the Broome County Jail.