Rochester Police have made three arrests over the past four days in which they confiscated illegal handguns from city men.
Damien Sawyer of Rochester was stopped on Lyell Avenue this morning and arrested after officers found he had a loaded .40 caliber pistol. They stopped 30-year-old Christian Velazquez on North Clinton Avenue in connection with another case and found him carrying a 9mm handgun. Thirty-four year old Thomas Hinton of Rochester was found carrying a 9mm with the serial number defaced when the car he was riding in was pulled over on Dewey Avenue.
All three were charged with criminal possession of a weapon and other offenses.