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Teen facing drug, weapons charges from October traffic stop

An 18-year-old has been charged as a result of the investigation
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An 18-year-old is facing a multitude of charges following an arrest by police on Wednesday.

Alyssa Tucci was arrested as part of an investigation by the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service in connection to a traffic stop on Oct. 19, 2021.

Police say at that time the driver of the vehicle was wanted and subsequently arrested and the accused was a passenger in the vehicle and was able to leave the area.

A release from police says that a search of the vehicle yielded "a loaded .25 calibre handgun, and in a bag the accused was holding in the vehicle, officers located a conducted energy weapon, a knife that opens with centrifugal force, ammunition, approximately 10 grams of a substance believed to be fentanyl, approximately 1.89 grams of a substance believed to be methamphetamine, approximately 7.55 grams of a substance believed to be psilocybin, a quantity of lysergic acid diethylamide, four pills of hydromorphone, and approximately $2,600 in Canadian currency. The estimated value of the narcotics seized is $5,904."

A warrant was requested as a result for the arrest of the accused.

Officers with Patrol Services saw the accused walking on Brien Avenue, where the arrest was made.

The charges as part of the arrest include:

  • unauthorized possession of a firearm
  • careless storage of a firearm
  • careless storage of ammunition
  • possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose
  • possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm with ammunition
  • unauthorized possession of a firearm in a motor vehicle
  • possession of a prohibited weapon (x2)
  • possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking
  • possession of a controlled substance (x4)
  • possession of property obtained by crime
  • possession of a weapon knowing its possession is unauthorized (x2)
  • possession of ammunition knowing its possession is unauthorized
  • possession of a firearm knowing its possession is unauthorized