DEPUTIES MAKE ARREST DURING TRAFFIC STOP

Allegany County Sheriff’s deputies arrested William Alexander during a traffic stop on Tuesday on Interstate 68, near the Moose Curve. Alexander was a passenger in a vehicle, and deputies detected a strong odor of marijuana coming from it; they also observed a pistol magazine and several knives in Alexander’s waistband. He admitted to smoking marijuana in the vehicle, and there was also a loaded handgun in the vehicle, for which he didn’t have a permit. He was taken into custody and charged with two firearms-related counts.